It’s no secret that plants rely on sunlight to survive. Photosynthesis, the process of converting solar energy into food, has ...

On a much larger scale, solar-thermal power plants employ various techniques ... Another technique uses moveable mirrors to focus the sun's rays on a collector tower, where a receiver sits.

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