Viva La Espana!The Guardian - 13/07/10
With the new La Florida plant, the nation's solar power production is now equivalent to output of a nuclear power station.
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Very impressive, though probably not suited to UK conditions.
This is not PV, but solar thermal used to raise steam and run alternators.
This requires direct sun.
It is not economic on a small scale, but as this installation shows, it is viable for large installations.
The solar collectors are relatively low tech, and the rest of the plant is similar to coal burning power plant.
I would expect that substantial cooling water is required, unlike with PV.
In Africa there used to be a number of relatively small (10/50 KW) Solar steam raising plants, used for pumping water.
These condensed the spent steam in a condenser cooled by the water being pumped.
AFAIK most, perhaps all have been replaced by PV or grid power, or diesel engines.
This is not PV, but solar thermal used to raise steam and run alternators.
This requires direct sun.
It is not economic on a small scale, but as this installation shows, it is viable for large installations.
The solar collectors are relatively low tech, and the rest of the plant is similar to coal burning power plant.
I would expect that substantial cooling water is required, unlike with PV.
In Africa there used to be a number of relatively small (10/50 KW) Solar steam raising plants, used for pumping water.
These condensed the spent steam in a condenser cooled by the water being pumped.
AFAIK most, perhaps all have been replaced by PV or grid power, or diesel engines.
"Installers and owners of emergency diesels must assume that they will have to run for a week or more"