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Parabolic Trough
The largest solar thermal-electric installation of its kind in the world, the Luz project in Californias Mojave Desert, has a peak output of some 350 megawatts and occupies several square kilometers of land
In 1995 Solar One was converted into Solar Two, by adding a second ring of 108 larger 95 m (1,000 ft) heliostats around the existing Solar One, totaling 1926 heliostats with a total area of 82,750 m (891,000 ft)
Solar Dish
Stirling Energy Systems solar dish technology is the worlds most efficient device for the conversion of solar energy to grid-delivered electricity, nearly twice as efficient as any alternative solar technology.
Plant Locations
Direct normal solar radiation Land Ownership Road Access Local transmission infrastructure capabilities and loadings State-level policies and regulations
Market Development
The Southwest CSP has set a goal of achieving 1,000 MW of CSP systems in the southwestern US by 2010. US DOEs goal is to develop 30,000 MW of new clean and diversified generation by 2015. SolarPaces plans to deploy 5,000 MW of CSP by 2015.
Residential Applications
Solar Heating Solar Cooling Solar Hot Water Solar Lighting
Thermosyphon systems
Water flows through the system when warm water rises as cooler water sinks. The collector must be installed below the storage tank so that warm water will rise into the tank. These systems are reliable, but contractors must pay careful attention to the roof design because of the heavy storage tank. They are usually more expensive than integral collector-storage passive systems.
Comparison
Passive solar water heating systems are typically less expensive than active systems, but they're usually not as efficient. However, passive systems can be more reliable and may last longer.
Solar Collector
Solar Thermal is a clean, highly efficient means of using renewable energy from the sun to provide hot water for domestic, commercial and industrial process . Put in simple terms, if you place a container full of liquid in the garden on a sunny day, in a short time the contents of the container become warm. Solar Collectors work in much the same way, but are very more efficient.
A sealed circuit of fluid containing a special mix of glycol and water is pumped around the system through the Solar panels where it is heated and passed through a special solar coil within the hot water tank. The heat is then transferred to the main body of water within the tank, once up to temperature, this water is ready for use in the house, office or factory.
Passive Solar
Passive Solar is accommodated in the design of some homes where living rooms are south facing with large windows and floors and sometimes walls have a large thermal mass. While it is necessary to use the solar to heat in winter overheating in summer has to be avoided, this is normally done by having a roof overhang which blocks the high summer sun but not the low winter sun. While it can provide some free heat it doesnt supply hot water and there are design constraints.
Solar Collector
Principle of an evacuated tube collector with heat pipe; view from top
A thermosyphon system
A double-cycle system with forced circulation with a conventional boiler for back-up heating