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Solar process heat above 1,000\u00b0C can decarbonize industrial applications such as cement manufacturing and metallurgical extraction.<br \/>\nEmiliano Casati, Leo Allgoewer and Aldo Steinfeld                <\/p>\n<div class=\"article__trust \">\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ecowatch.com\/wp-content\/themes\/ecowatch\/assets\/img\/dist\/who-we-are-wrapper-6.webp\" class=\"article__trust-img\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tWhy you can trust us                    <\/p>\n<div class=\"article__trust-tooltip\">\n<p>Founded in 2005 as an Ohio-based environmental newspaper, EcoWatch is a digital platform dedicated to publishing quality, science-based content on environmental issues, causes, and solutions.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Industrial processes like smelting metals or manufacturing cement can be carbon-intensive, as they typically rely on fossil fuels to generate enough energy to produce high&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ecowatch.com\/solar-power-heat-metal-smelting-cement-quartz.html\"target=\"_blank\">Read the full article originally published at www.ecowatch.com.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A glowing quartz rod at the end of an experiment in absorbing solar radiation, in which it reached a temperature of 1,050\u00b0C. 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