This special solar cell system produces both electricity and heat

Researchers have developed a solar cell system that uses mirrors to concentrate solar energy. In addition to electricity, it produces heat for a plant that will capture carbon from industrial emissions. The solar cells in the large pilot plant are a full 5 meters high and consist of many mirrors that are angled toward the solar cells to concentrate sunlight. They make it possible to collect the sun's rays into concentrated solar energy, as well as heat that supports a plant designed to capture CO2.