This important contribution to the issue of renewable energy describes the technical and economical requirements of mass-produced solar thermal power plants, from the different types of power plants to the development needs and a massive development program. The authors - renowned and experienced experts in the field - show that solar thermal power plants, because of their simple technology, are easy to build with high production rates and therefore can play a substantial role in the rapid substitution of fossil fuels. On the basis of solar thermal power (using long distance transmission) and coal from substituted coal plants, a future energy system is described supplying gas and liquid fuels. This is the first discussion of a complete concept, of a crash-strategy, for the partial replacement of oil and natural gas.
Preface
Prelimnary Remarks and Summary
Acknowledgements
List of Tables
Chapter 1 : Introduction
Chapter 2 : The Salient Facts
Chapter 3 : Solar Technologies – An Overview
Chapter 4 : Some Additional Economic Factors
Chapter 5 : The Potential of Solar Thermal Power Plants for the Energy Supply
Chapter 6 : Heliostats
Chapter 7 : Receivers
Chapter 8 : Parabolic-Trough Power Plants
Chapter 9 : Solar Updraft Power Plants
Chapter 10 : Fossil-Fuel Power Plants
Chapter 11 : Other Technologies for Backup Power Generation
Chapter 12 : The Large-Scale Use of Nuclear Energy
Appendix
Index
