The Future of Solar Thermal Energy
A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2017) | Viewed by 15775
Special Issue Editor
Interests: energy efficiency; buildings; heat transfer; thermal engineering
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Dear Colleagues,
The application of solar thermal energy, at least with respect to the generation of electricity (concentrating solar power, or CSP), is particularly challenged now because the cost of solar photovoltaics (PV) continues to fall. The often stated advantage of CSP is the ability to store energy in the form of heat, but that advantage is also being eroded because of continuing advances and cost reductions in battery technologies. Solar water heating, while being very important in some countries, also has to face increasing competition from electric heat pump water heaters that reduce its efficiency advantages. Therefore, what are the prospects for the solar thermal engineering community? This Special Issue highlights and addresses what appear to be promising R&D opportunities in solar thermal energy, with the goal of suggesting possible directions for continued and new research that can yield substantial impact.
Prof. Dr. Patrick Phelan
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- solar
- thermal
- energy
- future
- impact
- directions