A team at IBM recently developed what they call a High Concentration Photo
Voltaic Thermal (HCPVT) system that is capable of concentrating the power of 2,000 suns, they are even claiming to be able to concentrate energy safely up to 5,000 X, that's huge.
Not exact matches
But that's the catch: right now and in the immediate future manufacture, transport and installation of non-fossil energy sources, from windmill farms to solar
thermal plants to solar
voltaic panels, will require the emission of fossil fuel generated CO2.
Just as a heavy smoker at the risk of lung cancer needs to stop smoking, the best solution for the current climate crisis is to stop using the atmosphere as an open sewer for carbon gases... resorting instead to the abundant clean energy resources technology now masters — solar
voltaic, solar
thermal, solar (space) reflectors, geothermal energy.hot rocks, wind, tides, hydrogen — the list goes on.
1) Solar, Wind, Geothermal, biofuels, nuclear, hydro 2) Solar
Voltaic, Solar
Thermal, Onshore Wind, Offshore Wind, Corn Ethanol, Soy Biodiesel, Cellulossic Ethanol, Palm Biodiesel, Gen II, II, IV nuclear 3) All of the above including nuclear are the lowest carbon sources,
This reduction allows for smaller renewable energy systems like solar photo
voltaic or solar
thermal to become very effective.
Our time on campus showed us countless examples of sustainable practices in action: A 32 - unit solar
thermal array as well as two solar photo -
voltaic systems (which convert sunlight into electricity and generate more than 30,000 kWh annually), and two wind turbines that produce 10 million kWhs of electrical power annually — meeting 60 % of the electrical needs for the Morris campus!
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