Radioisotope thermoelectric generators do not rely on chemical reactions like the batteries in your phone. Instead, they rely ...

On a much larger scale, solar-thermal power plants employ various ... Molten salt flowing through the receiver is heated to run a generator. Other solar technologies are passive.

Thermoelectric generators that can convert waste heat to clean energy could soon be as efficient as other renewable energy sources, like solar, according to a team led by Penn State scientists.

Scientists from South Korea have conducted a feasibility analysis for combining thermoelectric generators (TEGs) with heat pumps coupled with photovoltaic-thermal (PVT) systems. TEGs can convert ...

These devices have also been applied for cooling in photovoltaic-thermal ... testing of vortex generators for passive PV module cooling,” which was recently published in Solar Energy.

The aim is to make solar thermal power plants more efficient and therefore more ... and uses it to heat the surrounding air to up to 700 degrees Celsius. A steam generator inside the tower uses this ...