What is Solar thermal energy?

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Solar thermal captures the heat from the sun. This can be used for:
solar cooking, http://www.altestore.com/store/Energy-Efficient-Products/Solar-Ovens/Global-Sun-Oven/p1654/,
solar water heating, http://www.altestore.com/store/Solar-Water-Heaters/Climate-freezes-Closed-Loop-Systems/Closed-Loop-Systems-for-1-4-People/Closed-Loop-PV-Powered-w-Tank/AET-PV-w-80-Gal-Tank-64-SqFt-Collectors/p172/,
solar air heating, http://www.altestore.com/store/Solar-Air-Heaters/Your-Solar-Home-Solarsheat-Products/Your-Solar-Home-1500G-Glazed-Solar-Air-Heater/p2282/,
solar pool heating, http://www.altestore.com/store/Solar-Pool-Heaters-and-Pumps/Unglazed-Solar-Pool-Heating/Guardian-Solar-Pool-Heating/Leveredge-Guardian-Pool-Heating-Package-200-SqFt/p7352/,
or heating your whole house, http://www.altestore.com/store/Solar-Water-Heaters/Climate-freezes-Closed-Loop-Systems/Combined-Solar-Hot-Water-Space-Heating/Heliodyne-Solar-Hot-Water-Space-Heat-1000-sqft/p6728/.
Solar thermal can also be used to generate electricity [...]

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Ausra To Build Large Solar Thermal Plant - David Mills

We sat down to chat with Ausra Chairman David Mills at the Going Green 2007 conference in Davis CA to discuss the development of their solar thermal power plant. Ausra has a 175 mega watt power plant in the works for the SW USA. http://www.AlternativeEnergyHQ.com
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installation of solar water heater

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Lecture - 15 Solar Thermal Energy Conversion

Lecture Series on Energy Resources and Technology by Prof.S.Banerjee,Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Kharagpur. For more details on NPTEL visit http://nptel.iitm.ac.in.
Duration : 0:57:13

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KQED Climate Watch: Solar-Thermal Energy

A Gigantic Solar-Thermal Plant - East of Plaster City, CA
Stirling Energys Kevin Harper takes you to the future site of his companys enormous solar-thermal plant at the base of the Coyote Mountains on the Western edge of the Imperial Valley, just miles north of the U.S.-Mexico border along Interstate 8. The company hopes to have [...]

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