What is Concentrated Solar?
Concentrated solar takes the sun’s energy and collects it through a series of arrays and then concentrates or focuses it on a location that is the center of all the arrays. The energy at that central point becomes very hot, hot enough to melt many metals and to produce steam. more… Concentrating solar power systems 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 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 (including parabolic troughs, power towers, and dish/engine systems) for different markets vary according to the concentration devices, energy conversion methods, storage options and other design variables. Much attention is focused on the multi-m
