Solar Power Plants: Concentrating Solar Power
Concentrating solar power (CSP) plants use concentrated solar radiation as a high temperature energy source to produce electrical power and drive chemical reactions. These clean energy technologies are appropriate for Sunbelt applications where direct solar radiation is high. The first commercial solar power plants have been in operation in California since the mid-1980s, providing the 354 megawatts of the world's lowest-cost solar power. The many types of systems under development for different markets vary according to the concentration devices, energy conversion methods, storage options and other design variables. Solar chemical energy systems use concentrated solar radiation to drive chemical reactions for the production of fuels and chemicals. Additional uses include environmentally benign technologies in fields such as detoxification of chemical wastes and energy storage which are aimed at the medium to long term.
Directory of Solar Power Plants/Concentrating Solar
Concentrating Solar Overview
Daylighting uses direct, diffused or reflected sunlight to provide supplemental lighting for building interiors. Daylighting can fully replace electric lights, or it can be used to cut down on electrical costs by supplementing... Read More
Solar Dish Systems
Research proves what common sense suggests anyway: that natural light in the workplace increases productivity, reduces absenteeism and improves the speed and accuracy with which people perform everyday tasks... Read More
Solar Furnaces
A good daylighting design is where the patterns of light and the patterns of work follow the nature of the light of the sky. A daylit building tells the story of the light as it moves across its surfaces in daily and seasonal cycles... Read More
Solar Trough Systems
A good daylighting design is where the patterns of light and the patterns of work follow the nature of the light of the sky. A daylit building tells the story of the light as it moves across its surfaces in daily and seasonal cycles... Read More
Solar Towers
Light shelves bounce visible light up towards the ceiling, which reflect it down deeper into the interior of a room. External and internal light shelves mounted on the south- and west-facing windows can redistribute... Read More