Frequent commenter and renewables DIYer extraordinaire Brian McGowan writes: I know you like CSP (Concentrated Solar Power). Here is an interesting system. If only they would just use the steam to turn turbines instead of getting oil out of the …
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A reader wants to know if the results he’s achieved with his newly designed solar thermal hot water heater are compelling. He used his panel solar absorber area of 16.25 sf to heat 50 gallons water 55.2 degrees F in …
Solar Thermal Hot Water Heating May Be a Time of the Past Read More »
I have a great deal of admiration for the publishers of CSP Today and what they’ve done to promote the concentrated solar power industry. When I had lunch with the organization’s director, Belen Gallego, in New York City a few …
The Latest on Concentrated Solar Power – Always at CSP Today Read More »
When I conducted my “25 interviews with subject matter experts” for my first book on renewable energy (Renewable Energy – Facts and Fantasies) in 2010, I came away with a fairly exuberant viewpoint on CSP (concentrated solar power, aka solar …
Concentrated Solar Power: Is There a Reason To Stay Hopeful? Read More »
Anyone who has written off CSP as a technology whose level cost of energy is doomed to remain hopelessly cost-ineffective needs to know that the Saudis are installing this stuff at a record-setting pace. Why wouldn’t a country sitting on …
Concentrated Solar Power – Will It Have Its Day? Read More »
There are well over 4500 blog posts here at 2GreenEnergy, but, to the best of my knowledge, this is the first one on solar cooking. Like so many other elements of solar energy and sustainable living, this is a subject …
I laughed out loud when I read Glenn Doty’s comment on my piece in which I mentioned the levelized cost of energy of both solar PV and CSP. After an analysis of some of the engineering details, he writes: I …
Unlike Solar PV, A Concentrated Solar Power Plant is a Real Edifice Read More »
I took a nice hike with a friend last weekend, during which we had lots of time to talk about the important issues of the day; we’re out there long enough that there is no reason to rush from one …
Can Solar Thermal Compete in the Pantheon of Renewable Energy “Flavors?” Read More »
Here’s an interesting article on concentrated solar power, based on an interview with one of the engineers at the Ivanpah plant near the California/Nevada border near Las Vegas. Readers may be curious about the minute-to-minute tactics associated with managing the heliostats …
Curious About the Operation of Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) Plants? Read More »
Here’s a 3D animation of a solar thermal tracking system that a reader sent me just now. There is no doubt in my mind that solar thermal hot water heating has a great deal of merit; in fact, I really …
