Among the diverse technologies for producing clean energy through concentrated solar
power, central tower plants are believed to be the most promising in the next years. In these …

Spectral beam splitting (SBS) hybrid PV/T system was a promising path for utilizing the full
spectrum solar energy to cogenerate electricity and high-grade heat, with high conversion …

In this perspective paper, the present status and development tendency of concentrating
solar power (CSP) are analyzed from two aspects:(1) Potential pathways to efficient CSP …

High-temperature solar thermal energy systems make use of concentrated solar radiation to
generate electricity, produce chemical fuels, and drive energy-intensive processing of …

Increasing the fluid outlet temperature of the solar receiver is a promising approach to
improve the power cycle efficiency of concentrating solar power. However, the receiver can …

Desalination market is experiencing continuous growth due to severe water scarcity in many
parts of the globe. Because of the geographical coincidence of serious water scarcity and …

The solar power tower (SPT) system integrated with supercritical CO 2 (S–CO 2) Brayton
cycle is a potential flexible power output station to balance supply and demand in the future …

The improvement of solar thermochemical reactor performance is crucial in solar energy
utilization technology. This study presents an integrated design method for solar …

The present work proposes integrating a high-temperature thermochemical energy storage
cycle to boost the solar contribution in solar combined cycles. The main feature of the plant …

Concentrated solar energy can be used as the source of high-temperature heat for industrial
processes, but the challenge is to design a solar receiver that can effect such a thermal …