IBM unveils cheap solar system with promise to harness 2,000 suns

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New concentrated solar technology borrows supercomputer cooling system to achieve 80 per cent efficiency

IBM scientists have developed a method of dramatically improving the overall efficiency of concentrated solar power systems to 80 per cent. The High Concentration PhotoVoltaic Thermal (HCPVT) system...

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