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CONCENTRATED SOLAR PANELS

What is CSP?
Concentrated solar power, CSP, uses mirrors to
concentrate the suns energy and converts it
into heat which is used to create steam and
drive the turbine that generates useful power.
HISTORY OF CONCENTRATED
SOLAR POWER (CSP)
Greece 214-212 BC
Archimedes used a
bronze shield as a
form of defense
against the Roman
empire. Roman ships
were set on fire by
redirecting the suns
ray.
1866
Auguste
Mouchout
Used parabolic
through to heat
water and
produce steam
to run the first
solar steam
engine.
Sant'llario, Italy 1968
Professor Giovanni Francia
Built the first operational solar power plant.
2010
As of June 2010, there were 34 CSP plants
installed worldwide, totalling 880.45MW. The
country with most plants is the USA with 16
plants installed.

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