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THE FUTURE OF CONCENTRATED SOLAR POWER PLANTS

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Only with effi cient and innovative technologies<br />

we will be able to successfully deploy the extraordinary<br />

potential of the sun. Our goal is<br />

to increase the reliability and availability of solar<br />

power and establish it as a competitive<br />

and rewarding energy source for every utility.<br />

<strong>THE</strong> <strong>POWER</strong> <strong>OF</strong> <strong>THE</strong> SUN<br />

Without the sun, life on our planet would not be possible. The<br />

central star of our solar system is the world’s largest energy<br />

source. Solar energy is considered as one of the most sustainable able<br />

and renewable methods of power generation and can provide<br />

inexhaustible amounts of energy without any emission. The key ey<br />

The Future of Concentrated Solar Power Plants 7<br />

to using the sun as an energy source are concentrated solar power<br />

plants, which produce electricity and district heating on a grand<br />

scale. They concentrate sunlight with thousands of mirrors and,<br />

under high temperatures, convert water into steam. This steam<br />

drives turbines which generate electric power in the same way as<br />

found in the water-steam cycle of a conventional power plant.

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