CSP Concentrating Solar Power

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CSP (Concentrating Solar Power)

• Is this finally the real future of renewables

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Concentrating Solar

• Concentrating Solar comes in a variety of
  options
• Parabolic Trough
• Linear parabolic mirrors focusing light on a tube
• Most efficient, 60 utilize salt heated to 1000
  degrees
• Insulated storage for salt
• Then utilized to boil water, steam turns turbine,
  turbine turns generator. Voila! 24 hour solar
  electricity

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Parabolic Trough
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Another Way to see a parabolic trough
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Parabolic Trough farms in the US
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Nevada Solar One CSP
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Nevada Solar One Schematic Diagram
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Nevada Solar One CSP (Concentrated Solar Power)
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Solar Power Tower

• 625 solar panels focus sunlight onto a small area
  atop a 300 foot tall tower.
• Utilize liquid sodium as a fluid to collect and
  transport heat to generate electricity
• Power 65,000 homes
• Integral is Sevilla PV, an integrated
  photovoltaic array that will power 1800 homes

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The PS 10, 11MW Heliostat Tower in Spain
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Solar One Power Tower in Barstow California

• A solar power tower located in Barstow,
  California, and completed in 1981. The Solar One
  had a design capacity of 10,000 peak kilowatts,
  and was composed of a receiver located on the top
  of a tower surrounded by a field of reflectors.
  The concentrated sunlight created steam to drive
  a steam turbine and electric generator located on
  the ground.

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Concentrating Solar with Sterling Engines

• Sterling Energy Systems has applied for permits
  to build two concentrating solar facilities in
  Southern California. These are large
  installations of over 500MW each.

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Stirling Engine Concentrating Solar
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