
The tower will use molten-salt thermal storage to provide baseload power.

The model may dramatically improve the solar efficiency of BIPV arrays on high-rise buildings.

The Convention Center’s PV array provides 14% of the building’s electricity year-round, and up to 23% during air-conditioning season.

Copper Mountain Solar 1 uses a new forecasting tool, the sky imager, developed at the University of California/San Diego.