• MehBlah@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    Some do. Not photovoltaic panels but there are plants designed around this principle.

    • The Quuuuuill@slrpnk.net
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      1 day ago

      i was coming in here to say that while this post is a joke, there is a non zero number of solar farms that use hyperbolic mirrors and glass tubes to super heat water generating pressure to spin a steam turbine