Solar tower

Solar tower may refer to:

Industrial structures

  • Solar power tower, solar power plant technology using mirrors
    • also Solar furnace similar structure used to generate high temperatures for industry or power generation
  • Solar updraft tower, an electrical power generating structure using a chimney-style tower

Other architectural structures

  • Solar tower (astronomy), a sun observation structure
    • Solar Tower Atmospheric Cherenkov Effect Experiment, STACEE, being used to study Cherenkov radiation
  • Solar tower, a (medieval) tower structure often of three stories containing a dwelling space
  • A Solar (room) constructed next to a great hall
  • Solar chimney, ventilation using solar energy
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