Thermal
Thermal
Concentrated | Parabolic Trough
Thermal
Concentrated | Fresnel
Thermal
Concentrated | Dish Stirling
Thermal
Concentrated | Solar Power Tower
Photovoltaic
Photovoltaic
Crystalline Silicon (wafer)
Photovoltaic
Thin Film | Silicon
Photovoltaic
Thin Film | Non Silicon
Photovoltaic
Thin Film | Multijunction
Photovoltaic
Thin Film | Dye-sensitized
(DSSC)
Photovoltaic
Thin Film | Organic
Photovoltaic
3D Cells
Photovoltaic
Infrared and UV
Photovoltaic
Thermophotovoltaic (TPV)
Photovoltaic
Concentrated (CPV)
Luminescent Solar Concentrator
Heliostatic (tracking)
Concentrated
Dual PV/Thermal Integrated Systems
Updraft Tower
(Solar Chimney)
Thermoelectric
Photoelectrochemical Cell
(PEC)
Direct to Liquid Fuel
Direct to Hydrogen
Solar Chemical
(artificial photosynthesis)
Air Conditioning
Radiometer
Thermal
Concentrated | Parabolic Trough
Thermal
Concentrated | Fresnel
Thermal
Concentrated | Dish Stirling
Thermal
Concentrated | Solar Power Tower
Photovoltaic
Photovoltaic
Crystalline Silicon (wafer)
Photovoltaic
Thin Film | Silicon
Photovoltaic
Thin Film | Non Silicon
Photovoltaic
Thin Film | Multijunction
Photovoltaic
Thin Film | Dye-sensitized
(DSSC)
Photovoltaic
Thin Film | Organic
Photovoltaic
3D Cells
Photovoltaic
Infrared and UV
Photovoltaic
Thermophotovoltaic (TPV)
Photovoltaic
Concentrated (CPV)
Luminescent Solar Concentrator
Heliostatic (tracking)
Concentrated
Dual PV/Thermal Integrated Systems
Updraft Tower
(Solar Chimney)
Thermoelectric
Photoelectrochemical Cell
(PEC)
Direct to Liquid Fuel
Direct to Hydrogen
Solar Chemical
(artificial photosynthesis)
Air Conditioning
Radiometer
Direct to Liquid Fuel
Experimental technology such as the Counter Rotating Ring Receiver Reactor Recuperator (CR5) at Sandia National Laboratories is demonstrating the conversion of solar energy directly into fuels like ethanol that are combustible in existing gas engines without modification. www.landartgenerator.org/blagi/archives/415
Another example is the work being done by Joule Biotechnologies Inc. in Massachusetts.
Although the process takes CO2 from the atmosphere, because the combustion of the fuel that comes from these technologies most likely produces CO2 again as a byproduct, the wide application of these systems could be seen as carbon neutral.
Experimental technology such as the Counter Rotating Ring Receiver Reactor Recuperator (CR5) at Sandia National Laboratories is demonstrating the conversion of solar energy directly into fuels like ethanol that are combustible in existing gas engines without modification. www.landartgenerator.org/blagi/archives/415
Another example is the work being done by Joule Biotechnologies Inc. in Massachusetts.
Although the process takes CO2 from the atmosphere, because the combustion of the fuel that comes from these technologies most likely produces CO2 again as a byproduct, the wide application of these systems could be seen as carbon neutral.