The demand for alternative renewable power sources is growing dramatically with the price of fuels rising almost daily along with the critical need for the US to be energy independent.  Solar PV supports that effort by converting sunlight into clean electrical power for distribution to homes and businesses.  However, with every exchange or transfer of heat from one medium to another the laws of physics demands a price to be paid.  That price is seen as losses in efficiency reducing overall performance and final net output of useable power. 

Most solar thermal systems use hot oil to boil water creating steam to drive a steam turbine just as it has been done for over a hundred years in power plants around the world.  The only difference is the boiler that once created steam has been replaced by the heat of the sun.

In contrast, we do not build solar plants, we make them more efficient.  We see significant value in not just generating power from the sun but doing it as efficiently as possible.  ORC technology allow us to recover the heat directly driving our turbine with our proprietary organic fluid generating power at the highest efficiency.

The following diagrams layout three typical systems:

1. Solar Thermal Constant Flow - system flow is constant through all panels

2. Solar Thermal Variable Flow - system flow may vary through the panels requiring a receiver to be used to keep pump feed and flow consistent to the waste heat boiler keeping turbine operation and power output uniform.

3. Solar Thermal With Storage - Both constant and variable flows supply a thermal storage system with excess capacity generated during the day light hours to be drawn from during the night to keep the turbine running and power output consistent.