Can Concentrated Solar Power help concrete and steel manufacturers reign in carbon emissions?
Can Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) technology help industrial manufacturing facilities reduce their carbon footprints?
A recent report by Vox shines a light on what had until recently, been considered a somewhat defunct solar energy generation approach. Concentrated Solar Power is harnessed by fields of mirrors that focus the sun's rays on to towers that then use the heat to turn water into steam. The steam turns a turbine that generates electricity. In recent years, CSP technology has been losing ground in most of the world, according to the report, due to breakthroughs in solar panel design and fabrication that have brought the cost of such technologies to historic lows.
The report highlights a recent breakthrough by the company Heliogen that could reinvigorate the industry, however.
Rather than deploying massive arrays, as is commonly the case with CSP facilities, the company operates a series of smaller mirrored assemblies that make use of incredibly sophisticated calibration ...
Antonio Pacheco via Archinect - News http://bit.ly/2quY35S
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