COST REDUCTION STUDY FOR SOLAR THERMAL POWER PLANTS
COST REDUCTION STUDY FOR SOLAR THERMAL POWER PLANTS
East and Southern Europe), India, parts of South America, Southwest U.S./northern Mexico and Australia. The operating characteristics of STPPs are relatively well matched with the intermediate and peak electricity load requirements in these regions. Two types of collectors have been used in STPPs: parabolic trough and central receiver. Electricity is generated by incorporating the solar collectors with a Rankine cycle power plant or as an add-on to a natural gas combined cycle (referred to as an