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One Giant Leap for Solar Power

The Sandia and SES SunCatcher solar dish system. (Photo courtesy of Sandia.)Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories and Stirling Energy Systems (SES) have set a new world record for solar power generating efficiency.

On Jan. 31 of this year, scientists testing a new solar dish system at Sandia’s National Solar Thermal Test Facility in Albuquerque, New Mexico, set an efficiency record of 31.25 percent, compared to the previous high of 29.4 percent set in 1984.

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