Concentrated solar power (CSP), a topic mentioned on this blog; was part of tonights’ BBC world news on bbcAmerica tv and pbs. DKfactor highlighted csp better on this post.
The piece was about a fully functioning zero emissions solar thermal power plant in Spain. It produces 11MW and supplements the energy in Seville. In the summer as it gets hotter, the system generates more energy.Mirrors point the sun’s rays onto boilers which generate power the age old way – steam turbines. Read more about it here.
Note that this is different from the photovoltaic systems i typically blog about…no PV on this one. Mirrors, lots of mirrors.
Thanks for the link Whis!
Update: 05/03: Gerry Wolff provided some great links in the comments:
http://www.trecers.net/index.html
and
http://www.trec-uk.org.uk/index.htm
and
Thanks!
You’re welcome, AfroM, and thanks for blogging about this.
Truly a great piece.
What really got me excited was the possibility of setting up such a system, albeit on a much, much larger scale, in the Sahara as you had mentioned on a post early last year…Think of the possibilities (economic and enviromnental)!
Further information about concentrating solar power (CSP) may be found at:
http://www.trecers.net/index.html
and
http://www.trec-uk.org.uk/index.htm
and
http://www.trec.net.au/
Thank you very much for the information Mr. Wolff! Much appreciated!