R&D: where should CSP be investing?

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As an emerging technology, there are still plenty of areas for research and development in CSP. But limited investment budgets mean technology developers must choose their bets carefully.

By Jason Deign

 

At first sight the power tower being built in the Tabernas Desert, Almería, looks like those the CSP industry has put up elsewhere in Spain.

 

Once it is finished, though, the difference between the Llano de los Retamares facility and all the other power towers in the world will be obvious enough, if you are patient. Unlike the others, it will move, with its receiver and mirrors following the sun to get the best possible efficiency.

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