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“They Said Steel Needed Fire”: This Swiss Solar Furnace Melts Metal With Pure Sunlight (and It’s Shattering an Entire Industry)
09 Oct 2025 17:40 GMT
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A Cleaner Future
Panatere’s solar furnaces are not just a technological … Plans
The development of these solar furnaces is the result of collaborative … Environmental Implications
The implementation of solar furnaces in steel recycling has far …
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First Solar Furnace to Recycle Steel Can Melt Metal with Sunshine in 2 Hours
08 Oct 2025 13:51 GMT
– credit Panatere
In the timepiece capital of the world, time may be running out for carbon-heavy imported steel thanks to a new solar-powered furnace.
Swiss firm Panatere has patented, and has now inaugurated, the world’s first two solar foundries for …
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World’s first solar furnaces unveiled to recycle luxury Swiss watch scrap steel
06 Oct 2025 20:09 GMT
… the world’s first two solar furnaces that will reportedly melt down … press release.
The first two solar furnaces were installed at La Chaux …
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World’s first solar furnaces for steel recycling open in Switzerland
04 Oct 2025 12:29 GMT
World's first solar furnaces for steel recycling in La … the world’s first two solar furnaces in La Chaux-de-Fonds … process by alloy and the solar furnace are protected by two patents …
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Swiss solar furnaces recycling watchmakers' waste metal
03 Oct 2025 22:35 GMT
A Swiss company inaugurated two solar furnaces on Friday in a watchmaking …
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The solar furnace prototype is in La Chaux-de-Fonds in northwestern Switzerland
04 Oct 2025 08:27 GMT
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Uzbekistan’s 2025 Venice Biennale Pavilion to Explore Soviet-Era Solar Furnace and Modernist Legacy
20 Feb 2025 23:50 GMT
… projects of the USSR, the solar furnace remains one of only two …
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“It Drives Into Danger So Soldiers Don’t Have To”: This New Self-Driving Army Truck Changes Battlefield Logistics (and It’s Only the Beginning)
16 Oct 2025 06:01 GMT
… Steel Needed Fire”: This Swiss Solar Furnace Melts Metal With Pure Sunlight …
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For global energy autonomy, concentrated solar power is invaluable, says Emmanuel Guillot, Director of the solar furnace laboratory at Font-Romeu-Odeillo
06 Nov 2023 11:06 GMT
… Guillot – Director of the solar furnace laboratory at Font-Romeu-Odeillo, … the history of the solar furnace? How was the idea … conceived?
The Odeillo solar furnace was founded by Félix Trombe … Soviet Union built a similar solar furnace, which is now in …
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Odeillo solar furnace
06 Nov 2023 11:06 GMT
The Odeillo solar furnace is the world’s largest solar furnace. It is … high temperatures.
The Odeillo solar furnace was founded by Félix … of the 50-kW solar furnace at Mont-Louis in … Guillot – Director of the solar furnace laboratory at Font-Romeu-Odeillo …
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