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Solar power technology for electricity generation: A critical review

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This article is published in Energy Science & Engineering.The article was published on 2018-10-01 and is currently open access. It has received 210 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Solar power & Photovoltaic system.

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Energy Applications of Magnetocaloric Materials

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a historical and up-to-date account of the energy-related applications of magnetocaloric materials and information about their processing and magnetic fields, thermodynamics, heat transfer, and other relevant characteristics.
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Utilization of hybrid nanofluids in solar energy applications: A review

TL;DR: In this article, an overview of solar energy systems is represented, and afterwards, applications of hybrid nanofluids in various solar technologies, especially solar thermal, are reviewed in order to gain a deeper insight into the advantages of using nanofluidic systems.
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A review on the approaches applied for cooling fuel cells

TL;DR: In this paper, a comprehensive review is carried out on the cooling approaches mentioned above and their advantages and disadvantages, and the results show that the configuration of cooling system noticeably influence their performance, and using some ideas such as applying nanofluids, as the fluids with enhanced thermal properties, can be useful for heat transfer enhancement.
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A review of solar collectors and thermal energy storage in solar thermal applications

TL;DR: In this article, the authors provide a review of solar collectors and thermal energy storage systems, including both non-concentrating collectors and concentrating collectors, in terms of optical optimisation, heat loss reduction, heat recuperation enhancement and different sun-tracking mechanisms.
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Solar energy: Potential and future prospects

TL;DR: In this paper, the merits and demerits of solar energy technologies are both discussed and a number of technical problems affecting renewable energy research are also highlighted, along with beneficial interactions between regulation policy frameworks and their future prospects.
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Parabolic-trough solar collectors and their applications

TL;DR: An overview of the parabolic-trough collectors that have been built and marketed during the past century, as well as the prototypes currently under development can be found in this paper.
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Solar energy: Markets, economics and policies

TL;DR: In this paper, the technical, economic and policy aspects of solar energy development and deployment are analyzed, including tax credits and exemptions, feed-in-tariff, preferential interest rates, renewable portfolio standards and voluntary green power programs in many countries.
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