The performance of solar thermal technology under high-altitude equatorial climatic and solar path conditions has not been determined. Evacuated tube solar collectors are more efficient than flat plate collectors in cold ...

The increase of renewable sources in power generation is a global concern. Research and development of renewable energy devices use are leading to changes in the global energy mix. In this scenario, solar energy has a great ...

Nowadays there is a great consumption of electric energy due to the technological progress achieved and, therefore, it has been tried so much to increase the supply of electricity as to diminish its necessity. Therefore ...

Copper mining is the largest industry and energy consumer in Chile, utilizing heat from imported fossil fuels of which Chile is not a producer. The goals for decarbonization present opportunities to analyze how the Chilean ...

The Andean Equatorial Region, due to its geographic location, shows great potential for using solar energy. Solar thermal energy is of interest in the residential sector in Ecuador and other Andean countries as a method ...

In Brazil, a significant part of the electricity consumed on residences is for water heating. Worried about electricity high costs, solar collectors have been more used for this purpose. They have been highlighted, because ...

The mining industry represents more than half of Chile's foreign exchange earnings and its increasing expansion will demand a continuous development of its energy supplies. Mostly, all the mines in Chile are located in the ...