Sentences with phrase «small solar thermal system»

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Meanwhile, a group of recent and current MIT engineering students is working to bring solar thermal to Africa with an off - grid system that operates on a much smaller scale.

You have a small electric vehicle (powered by solar - thermal) instead of an S.U.V., but it drives itself most of the time, and has a great built - in entertainment system.

Nevertheless, awareness and demand for smaller — and therefore more residentially feasible — installations of solar trough concentrators aren't as high as they are for PV or solar thermal systems.

EcoDEEP Haus will be mega energy efficient by utilizing good thermal envelope strategies, passive solar techniques, active solar energy systems (hot water and PV), and possibly a small wind turbine.

This reduction allows for smaller renewable energy systems like solar photo voltaic or solar thermal to become very effective.

If the efficiency is small compared to the solar thermal system (or a photovoltaic system), then it would be much better to use the solar to make electricity.