Solar panels have gotten so cheap that the plant, born of an old attempt at harnessing the power of the sun, appears to be obsolete.

The company is using patented technology based on two-axis sun tracking. The first project features a rail system to move the solar panels ... more comfortable plant growth conditions – reducing ...

On a much larger scale, solar-thermal power plants employ various techniques to concentrate the sun's energy as a heat source. The heat is then used to boil water to drive a steam turbine that ...

energy-producing system until 1954 by Bells Labs. Solar Power Towers (Thermal solar plants): A large field of flat mirrors that track the sun and concentrate sunlight onto a central tower to heat ...