Concentrating Solar Power

AORA's Tulip system uses the sun's rays to heat air, which is then used to spin a turbine, creating electricity

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AORA's Tulip solar power system is more than hot air

AORA's Tulip system uses the sun's rays to heat air, which is then used to spin a turbine, creating electricity.

The Fermat spiral found in the spiraling pattern of florets in sunflowers has inspired a more efficient CSP plant layout

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Sunflowers inspire more efficient Concentrated Solar Power plant layout

Taking inspiration from the sunflower, researchers have devised a more efficient design that would allow Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) plants to be constructed on a much smaller area.

Model rendering of ISEGS, the world's largest solar power tower being built in California

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Google invests US$168 million in world’s largest solar power tower plant

Google has chipped in a US$168 million investment in what will be the world's largest solar power tower plant to be located on 3,600 acres of land in the Mojave Desert in southeastern California.

Concentrating solar mirrors are one potential technology to be used in the proposed 5GW solar park in South Africa (Image: langalex via Flickr)

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Ambitious plans for 5 gigawatt solar plant in South Africa

Texas-based Fluor corporation is drawing up plans for a five gigawatt (GW) solar power plant in South Africa that would make it amongst the world’s largest.

The Solar I concentrating solar plant will have 3,500 parabolic mirrors trapping the sun's energy

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The race to build the world's biggest solar power plant heats up

Arizona Public Service and Starwood Energy Group Global, LLC have just announced plans for a 290-megawatt concentrating solar plant to be built in Arizona which will produce enough electricity to power more than 73,000 homes.

1.291 mirrored heliostats and a 54 story high tower the World's largest solar power tower plant located near Seville in Spain in now on line generating 20 megawatts (MW) of electricity, enough to supply 10,000 homes.

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World's largest Solar Power Tower Plant now on-line

With 1,291 mirrored heliostats and a 54 story high tower, the world's largest solar power tower plant is now on line near Seville in Spain.