ManagEnergy – Renewable Energy

Category: Solar Thermal Energy

  • How Solar Thermal Energy Can Reduce Your Heating Bills

    How Solar Thermal Energy Can Reduce Your Heating Bills

    The concept of solar thermal energy is simple: heat can be generated by letting sunlight fall directly on a vessel or a series of zig-zag copper pipes. Paint the pipes black to maximize the heat generation. A lens focusing sunlight onto one point can increase the heat generated. Other methods include concave mirrors, plain mirrors,…