Solar places
The growing use of solar energy is changing the meaning "energy place." Historically that term described coal mines, oil fields and nuclear power plants. But energy places now include solar thermal power plants and buildings with integrated photovoltaic design.
![Solar places](http://www.theenergylibrary.com/files/imagecache/taxonomy_term_image/images/high-odeillo-solar-furnace-france.jpg "The growing use of solar energy is changing the meaning "energy place." Historically that term described coal mines, oil fields and nuclear power plants. But energy places now include solar thermal power plants and buildings with integrated photovoltaic design.")
Articles: Solar places
School of Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering
The School of Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering (SPREE) is one of ten schools of engineering at the University of New South Wales. It was...
Odeillo Font-Romeu, France
Odeillo Font-Romeux, France, location of the world's largest solar furnace, a parabolic reflector that focuses solar radiation at a point to generate extremely high temperatures.
Sixty-three...