Arizona Solar Center - Your Guide to Solar and Other Renewable Energy Sources in Arizona

Utility Scale Solar

• Solar Power Tower (Sandia National Labs "R&D 100" Awards 2000 - PDF File - 1.34MB)
• Solar Thermal (Updraft) Towers
  • Solar Tower Energy (YouTube Video - December 2006)
  • Solar Tower Energy in Spain (YouTube Video - December 2006)
• Solar Roadways Prototype (YouTube Video - June 2010)

Fuel Cell Systems

One of the most naturally persistent hurdles for the broader application of photovoltaic cells is how to store the electricity when the sun is not available. Batteries have been suggested as one solution, but they are notoriously bulky and impractical.  A more elegant solution has been proposed by Dominic Gervasio of Arizona State University’s Biodesign Institute.

• Poster - Fuel Cell System as Longer Lived Battery Replacement (PDF File, 378 kb)

• Presentation - Fuel Cell System for Hand-Carried Portable Power
  Presented to Kitech, 4/20/2005, Incheon, Korea (PDF File, 2.9 MB)

Prepared by: Don Gervasio, Associate Professor Research, Wintech and Applied Bioscience Centers, Arizona State University

Other Emerging Technologies

• Plastic Solar Cells Roll Into Unlit Villages, November 2009
• Self-Cleaning Solar Panels, Technology Review, August 2010