US Patent Issued to 247Solar on May 20 for "Concentrated solar energy collection, thermal storage, and power generation systems and methods with optional supplemental fuel production" (Virginia, New Hampshire, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,305,888, issued on May 20, was assigned to 247Solar Inc. (Great Falls, Va.).

"Concentrated solar energy collection, thermal storage, and power generation systems and methods with optional supplemental fuel production" was invented by Bruce N. Anderson (Great Falls, Va.), William Dean Treece (La Mesa, Calif.), James S. Nash (North Hampton, N.H.) and Douglas A. Hamrin (Laguna Beach, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems related to concentrated solar combination heating and power generation; solar heating; industrial heat driven power generation; thermal storage systems and heat exchanger and power generation systems therefore, incl...