via Sun & Wind Energy Black Instead of Blue? by Joachim Berner Blue PVD absorber coatings have prevailed so far on collectors. Given the domination of just one manufacturer, new Read More
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SOLKOTE Newsletter: 2015 Q2

2015 – Quarter 2 Solar growth! That is all we see and read about, in the U.S. and around the globe. As technologies improve, costs go down and new funding Read More
SOLKOTE Durability, a 30-Year Story

SOLKOTE HI/SORB-II Selective Solar Coating has proven to be an extremely durable selective surface for the life of the collector – in this case, 30 years including 8 years of Read More
SOLEC Celebrates SOLKOTE 30th Anniversary

1982-2012 SOLEC celebrates 30 years of long-lived, efficient absorber surfaces with the SOLKOTE Selective Solar Coating
Sun & Wind Energy Magazine Highlights SOLKOTE

via Sun & Wind Energy: Solar Paint: By Machine Instead of By Hand The history of paints for solar absorbers is at the same time a history of processing technology. Read More
SOLKOTE Powers Solar Cooling Plant in Abu Dhabi

MicroCSP parabolic trough concentrating solar collectors designed by Sopogy utilizing the SOLKOTE Selective Solar Coating technology have been implemented in a solar air conditioning system that will provide cooling for Read More
SOLKOTE in Largest Solar Thermal Project in PA

Chatham University partnered with Solar Tomorrow, Inc., to install building-integrated solar thermal collectors on Chatham’s research greenhouse and roof-mounted collectors on its two highest-occupancy residence halls. Solar Tomorrow’s installation at Read More
SOLKOTE to Power “Solar Dawn” Project in Australia

A Proposed 250 MW solar thermal plant in Queensland, Australia by AREVA Solar was selected as a preferred project for the solar flagships program by the Australian Goverment. It is Read More
SOLKOTE to Power Largest Solar Thermal Project in Southern Hemisphere

AREVA Solar will supply a 44 MW solar boost to CS Energy’s coal-fired 750 MW Kogan Creek Power Station utilizing its Compact Linear Fresnel Reflector (CLFR) technology. The project, expected Read More
Solar Thermal World Profiles SOLKOTE in Chile

via Solar Thermal World CHILE: Producing Collectors in Jail Chile’s first – and so far, only – collector manufacturer is producing its collectors at the Colina 1 jail in Santiago Read More