Concentrating solar power (CSP) has received significant attention among researchers,
power-producing companies and state policymakers for its bulk electricity generation …

Thermal applications are drawing increasing attention in the solar energy research field, due
to their high performance in energy storage density and energy conversion efficiency. In …

Usage of renewable and clean solar energy is expanding at a rapid pace. Applications of
thermal energy storage (TES) facility in solar energy field enable dispatchability in …

Thermal energy harvesting and storage with phase change materials (PCMs) plays a broad
and critical role in solar-thermal utilization and energy management. However, the intrinsic …

A microgrid (MG) is a local entity that consists of distributed energy resources (DERs) to
achieve local power reliability and sustainable energy utilization. The MG concept or …

Building on their dual functionality for solar photothermal absorption and storage,
slurries/dispersions of micro/nano-encapsulated phase-change materials (ePCMs) are …

A concentrating solar power (CSP) system converts sunlight into a heat source which can be
used to drive a conventional power plant. Thermal energy storage (TES) improves the …

Solar thermal energy, especially concentrated solar power (CSP), represents an
increasingly attractive renewable energy source. However, one of the key factors that …

Concentrated solar thermal power generation is becoming a very attractive renewable
energy production system among all the different renewable options, as it has have a better …

Thermal energy storage (TES) transfers heat to storage media during the charging period,
and releases it at a later stage during the discharging step. It can be usefully applied in solar …