Record-breaking solar cells are exciting, but generating electricity from sunlight is just part of the solar energy equation. Another area with huge potential is solar thermal, which basically consists of harvesting heat from the sun and -- well, that’s about it. You get heat, not electricity.
Record-breaking solar cells are exciting, but generating electricity from sunlight is just part of the solar energy equation. Another area with huge potential is solar thermal, which basically consists of harvesting heat from the sun and -- well, that’s about it. You get heat, not electricity.