How can Synhelion’s solar receiver achieve such high temperatures?

How can Synhelion’s solar receiver reach such high temperatures? Synhelion’s solar receiver achieves a temperature of 1,500°C and higher. That’s unprecedented. Even the Gen3 particle-based solar receiver being pilot-scale tested now at Sandia – and the DLR CentRec receiver licensed to Heliogen – operate at the (relatively!) lower temperature of 1,000°C. One of Synhelion’s solar …

Sandia’s green ammonia research matters for a global shipping future

Cargo shipping will be very different in 2050. Increasingly, the shipping industry is looking to decarbonize and green ammonia research is funded globally from China to the UK IMAGE@Nottingham University: $5.5 million Research Effort to fuel ships on Green Ammonia Green ammonia could be made sustainably using solar thermochemistry instead of as it is made …