Researchers from China's Zhejiang University designed a new solar-assisted thermochemical heat pump system that can be used for space heating, cooling and domestic hot water (DHW) in residential ...

Similarly, absorbent plates on a roof can heat liquid in tubes that supply a house with hot water. Solar energy is lauded as an inexhaustible fuel source that is pollution- and often noise-free.

Technology for converting solar energy into thermal energy is ever evolving and has numerous applications. A breakthrough in the laboratory of Professor My Ali El Khakani at Institut national de la ...

These underground reservoirs of steam and hot water can be tapped to generate electricity or to heat and cool buildings directly. A geothermal heat pump system ... Unlike solar and wind energy ...

Hot-water system on the blink? Unless you really love cold showers, you're going to need a new one – fast. Do you want gas, electric, solar or heat pump? What about a storage tank or instantaneous ...