Large-Scale Solar Thermal Power: Technologies, Costs and Development

Description

This important contribution to the issue of renewable energy describes the technical and economical requirements of mass-produced solar thermal power plants, from the different types of power plants to the development needs and a massive development program. The authors - renowned and experienced experts in the field - show that solar thermal power plants, because of their simple technology, are easy to build with high production rates and therefore can play a substantial role in the rapid substitution of fossil fuels. On the basis of solar thermal power (using long distance transmission) and coal from substituted coal plants, a future energy system is described supplying gas and liquid fuels. This is the first discussion of a complete concept, of a crash-strategy, for the partial replacement of oil and natural gas.Content: Chapter 1 Introduction (pages 1–5): Chapter 2 The Salient Facts (pages 7–50): Chapter 3 Solar Technologies – An Overview (pages 51–70): Chapter 4 Some Additional Economic Factors (pages 71–139): Chapter 5 The Potential of Solar Thermal Power Plants for the Energy Supply: Capacity Factor, Availability of Solar Energy, and Land Availability (pages 141–180): Chapter 6 Heliostats (pages 181–208): Chapter 7 Receivers (pages 209–227): Chapter 8 Parabolic?Trough Power Plants (pages 229–250): Chapter 9 Solar Updraft Power Plants (pages 251–264): Chapter 10 Fossil?Fuel Power Plants (pages 265–279): Chapter 11 Other Technologies for Backup Power Generation and Alternatives for Future Energy Supplies (pages 281–366): Chapter 12 The Large?Scale Use of Nuclear Energy (pages 367–401):