More & more countries around the world are relying on clean energy from Concentratde Solar Power.
The next few years will be the decisive window of opportunity for the conversation of energy systems. Planning & conbstruction of a power palnt takes up to ten years. With a predicting operating time of about 50 years, we are now making decisions on the energy structure until 2060.
Declining fossil resources are enforcing a diversification of energy uses. According to the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) & the Stern Report, significant reductions of CO2 emissions are essential today & in the future to counteract climate change
Renewable energy resources are available & affordable now - Solar Energy in particular can directly benefit the world by substaintially contributing towards resolving three major problems; air quality, energy reliability & economic development. Solar Energy can serve as a supplement or an alternative to fossil fuels. Ultimately, reduced demand would allow fossil fuels. Ultimately reduced demand would allow fossil fuels to be used in their highest value applications
Climate change & population growth will lead to drastic water scarcity in the Middle East & North Africa (MENA). Using Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) plants to generate electricity & to desalinate seawater provide a sustainable solution to resolve this issue.
Energy for the next 100 Million Years!
A future with secure, clean & sufficient energy is possible. We need to develop the global energy mix of renewable energies: wind, geothermal energy, water, & above all, solar energy.
Solar Energy is a natural source of energy that is easy to develop - & in view of the quantities available, the most powerful one. Sunny Solar Solutions already shows how sustainable energy generation is possibel today with long lasting & high performance soalr electric technologies.
Sunny Solar Solutions uses its full power to drive this development forward.
The Solar Age can start now.
CPS Plants are ready for the market & suitabel for large scale use at top to 300MW. They can convert convential power plants without any qualitative changes in the grid structure.
CSP plants use steam to produce energy in a similar manner to conventional steam power plants. The key difference however is that CSP plants use emissions-free, clean solar radiation to produce heat instead of fossil or nuclear fuels. And unlike other CSP technologies, parabolic through power plants are proven & ready for use today.
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In order to achieve the high temperatures required, solar radiation must be concentrated. Parabolic through collectors represent one of the most advanced technologies to achieve exactly this: in the solar field of the power plant, parabolically shaped mirrors, lined up in long rows, concentrate the solar irradiation up to 80 times on an absorber tube - the receiver.
A special oil that is used as a heat transfer medium flows through the receiver where it is hetaed to about 400°C so that a down stream heat exchanger is able to generate steam in the central generating unit to power the conventional steam turbines. The generated power in system is up to 300MW.
Modern heat storage technology with molten salt enables electricity output even during unfavorable weather & at night.
Advantages
Centralized power generation in systems up to 300MW. No qualitative change in the grid sturcture.
Parabolic through power plants are suitable for large scale use in the range of 10 to 300MW electrical output. Parapolic through power plants can replace conventional thermal powers - without any qualitative changes in the grid structure.
Reliable, Predicatable, stable grids
Due to the option of thermal storage, the turbines of the CSP plants can also produce power in low radiation periods & at night. CSP plants can deliver power reliably, on a planned schedule & in a way that keeps the grids stable
Can be combined with fossil fuel heating
Power Generation by CSP can be combined with conventional thermal power plants. Combined utilization leads to substantial cost reductions & thus facilitates entry to the use of renewable energies, particularly for emerging nations.
Competitive with medium loads fossil fuels plants
Depending on local irradiation & electricity demand, parabolic plants can now produce cost effective solar power. The high costs of the investment phase are balanced by low operating costs of currently only 0.03€/KWh. By 2020 or earlier the power production costs can be comparable to those of medium-load power plants using fossil fuel.
Independent of fuel prices, low operating costs
The use of solar energy enables reliable planning. The unlimited availability & independence from the operating costs of fluctuating fuel prices allow a reliable calculation throughout the entire investment period.
Already competitive for peak loads
The sun creates both the necessity as well as the solution for increased electricity demand for cooling. As the production curvem of CSP Plants matches the demand curve for cooling, CSP plants can already cover those power peaks competitively today.
High voltage DC transmission permits cost-effective conduction of electricity over long distances
High voltage DC transmission lines, which are currently state of the art, can conduct power over long distances - for example from North Africa to Central Europe. The transmission losses for a distance of 3,000Km are below 10%, amounting to a cost of 0.02€/KWh. The transmission infrastructure in California, for example, includes high voltage DC lines connecting Los Angeles to Northern Oregon & Central Utah.
