Title : CONCENTRATING SOLAR POWER PLANTS: CLEAN AND RENEWABLE ENERGY FOR INDIA
Authors : Mike Schlaich
Publication : 23 - 26 October 2013
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Price : 250
Abstract : Current energy provision systems based on exhaustible fuels like coal, hydrocarbons and uranium are damaging the environment and are non-sustainable. Increasing prices due to limited resources and the rising demand pose serious problems even to rich countries. Poverty, population explosion and migration are, amongst other reasons, also a consequence of insufficient energy supply and high energy costs. Which source can supply this energy without an environmental breakdown, without safety hazards and without rapidly exhausting their natural resources at the expense of future generations? The source is the sun, and its energy can be harvested all over the world either by high-tech methods or by indigenously built power plants. This paper gives a short introduction to the work of Schlaich Bergermann und Partner and its approach to solar power plants as well as an overview on Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) systems in general. Finally, one of the first power plants of this kind in India, the Godavari project, is described.