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How to Use Solar Energy at Night: Scientific American

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=how-to-use-solar-energy-at-night

SUNSHINE STORAGE IN A SALT: The molten salts stored in the two tanks pictured here amidst the rows of troughs at the Andasol 1 power plant in Spain will allow solar energy to produce electricity even at night. Image: COURTESY OF SOLAR MILLENNIUM

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Photovoltaics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photovoltaics

Photovoltaics ( PV ) is a method of generating electrical power by converting solar radiation into direct current electricity using semiconductors that exhibit the photovoltaic effect .

Insolation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Average insolation in Europe

http://www.eupvsec-proceedings.com/proceedings?paper=8624

There is signficantly increasing interest in solar installations for micro-grid and small utility applications. In particular, numerous developing countries are looking to establish power sources for the local regions based on renewables and are exploring the options for energy including: PV, CPV, CSP, wind, and hybrid plants.

EU PVSEC Proceedings - PV vs CPV and CSP: A Comparative Analysis of Technologies and Cost Roadmaps

http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/is-CSP-doomed/

Are Solar Thermal Power Plants Doomed? : Greentech Media

Solar thermal power plants --which produce power from the heat of the sun--remain one of our favorite renewable energy technologies, but it might be in serious trouble. Photovoltaic panels have plummeted in price over the last few years while companies such as First Solar and SunPower have devised strategies for building large-scale power plants with technology that in the past might have ended up on roofs or in small, ground-mounted projects. Companies with relatively new thermal concepts like power towers argue that they can undercut PV projects.

Solar based large scale power plants: what is the best option? - Bensebaa - 2010 - Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications - Wiley Online Library

http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20110201006161/en/Market-Concentrated-Solar-Power-Hot-Hotter

The Market for Concentrated Solar Power is Hot and Getting Hotter | Business Wire

BOSTON--( BUSINESS WIRE )--Despite competitive photovoltaic prices and lingering environmental and financing concerns, concentrating solar power (CSP) technologies are poised for gigawatt-scale adoption in 2011; and future growth will remain healthy as the generation stack increasingly incorporates CSP plants in excess of 100 MW.

CSP vs PV solar thermal gaining on photovoltaics - ElectroIQ

http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2011/02/csp-vs-pv-solar-thermal-gaining-on-photovoltaics

February 2, 2011 - BUSINESS WIRE -- Despite competitive photovoltaic (PV) prices and lingering environmental and financing concerns, concentrating solar power (CSP) technologies are poised for gigawatt-scale adoption in 2011. Future growth will remain healthy as the generation stack increasingly incorporates CSP plants in excess of 100MW. To land their share of this emerging market, utilities and developers will need a clear grasp of the economic and performance factors driving adoption of CSP's four main technologies, according to a new report from Lux Research.

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Secretary of Energy Steven Chu will address a plenary session, and take questions from the audience, at the World Renewable Energy Forum, on Wednesday morning, May 16, at the Colorado Convention Cente... More »

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The Rise of Concentrating Solar Thermal Power | Renewable Energy News Article

You can say those three hurdles will always remain and not just for CSP, which uses reflectors to concentrate and beam sunlight toward a receiver for producing steam, which then goes to powering turbine-generators for producing electricity.

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Portail Algérien des ÉNERGIES RENOUVELABLES

21 mars 2012 - La première entreprise spécialisée dans les énergies renouvelables, montée à Skikda avec le soutien de l’Agence nationale de gestion du micro crédit (ANGEM), est opérationnelle depuis le début de la semaine en cours, a indiqué mardi son directeur, M. Karim Draoui. Cette unité, dirigée par un jeune homme (...)

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Energy: Solar Electricity - European commission

The sun is the world’s primary source of energy, and solar power systems can harness the sun’s rays as a hightemperature, clean energy source for heat or electricity. But to produce electricity, the solar power has to be concentrated or focused. This is because solar radiation reaches the earth’s surface with a density that is adequate for heating but not for an efficient thermodynamic cycle for producing electricity.

Electric power consumption (kWh per capita) in Algeria

Nonfarm payroll employment rose by 120,000 in March, and the unemployment rate was little changed at 8.2 percent, the U.S.

Concentrated solar power - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Concentrated solar power (also called concentrating solar power and CSP ) systems use mirrors or lenses to concentrate a large area of sunlight, or solar thermal energy , onto a small area. Electrical power is produced when the concentrated light is converted to heat, which drives a heat engine (usually a steam turbine ) connected to an electrical power generator. CSP is being widely commercialized and the CSP market has seen about 740 MW of generating capacity added between 2007 and the end of 2010. More than half of this (about 478 MW) was installed during 2010, bringing the global total to 1095 MW. Spain added 400 MW in 2010, taking the global lead with a total of 632 MW, while the US ended the year with 509 MW after adding 78 MW, including two fossil–CSP hybrid plants. [ 1 ]