Solar Energy and Electric Transmission Photos

Photographs of utility-scale solar energy and electric transmission technologies and facilities.

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Solar Energy Technology Photos

Concentrating Solar Power Photos

Parabolic Trough System Schematic Diagram. Credit: U.S. Department of Energy	Power Tower Schematic Diagram. Source: U.S. Department of Energy	Solar dish-engine system. Source: Sandia National Laboratories
Parabolic Trough System. Source: NREL	Parabolic Trough System. Source: NREL	Power Tower System. Source: NREL
Power tower system Source: Warren Gretz, NREL	Heliostats for power tower system. Source: NREL	Heliostats for power tower system. Source: NREL
Solar dish-engine system. Source: Sandia National Laboratories	Sterling engine 25-kw solar dish-engine system. Source: NREL	Solar dish-engine system in landscape setting. Source: NREL

Photovoltaic Solar Power Photos

Photovoltaic solar arrays. Source: NREL

Photovoltaic solar arrays. Source: NREL

Concentrating photovoltaic solar array. Source: NREL

Electric Transmission Photos

Transmission towers and conductors.

Transmission Substation

Transmission Right of Way (ROW)

For More Photos

More photos of solar energy technology and facilities are available for free at The Photographic Information eXchange, also known as PIX, a collection of photographs related to renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies and the work of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). NREL is a national laboratory of the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.