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• Solar Energy Generating Systems — (SEGS) is the largest solar energy generating facility in the world. It consists of nine solar power plants in California s Mojave Desert, where insolation is among the best available in the United States. FPL Energy operates and partially owns… …   Wikipedia

• Solar thermal energy — Solar thermal system for water heating in Santorini, Greece …   Wikipedia

• Solar power plants in the Mojave Desert — There are several solar power plants in the Mojave Desert which supply power to the electricity grid. Solar Energy Generating Systems (SEGS) is the name given to nine solar power plants in the Mojave Desert which were built in the 1980s. These… …   Wikipedia

• Solar power by country — Nellis Solar Power Plant at Nellis Air Force Base in the USA. These panels track the sun in one axis. The development of solar power by country depends on national economic incentives more than insolation.[1] Many industrialized nations are… …   Wikipedia

• Solar thermal collector — A solar thermal collector is a solar collector specifically intended to collect heat: that is, to absorb sunlight to provide heat. Although the term may be applied to simple solar hot water panels, it is usually used to denote more complex… …   Wikipedia

• Solar power in Spain — Spain is one of the most attractive countries for the development of solar energy, as it has more available sunshine than any other European country. The Spanish government is committed to achieving a target of 12 percent of primary energy from… …   Wikipedia

• solar energy — energy derived from the sun in the form of solar radiation. Also called solar. * * * Radiation from the Sun that can produce heat, generate electricity, or cause chemical reactions. Solar energy is inexhaustible and nonpolluting, but it is not an …   Universalium

• Steam turbine — A rotor of a modern steam turbine, used in a power plant A steam turbine is a mechanical device that extracts thermal energy from pressurized steam, and converts it into rotary motion. Its modern manifestation was invented by Sir Charles Parsons… …   Wikipedia

• Solar power tower — The solar power tower (also known as Central Tower power plants or Heliostat power plants or power towers) is a type of solar furnace using a tower to receive the focused sunlight. It uses an array of flat, movable mirrors (called heliostats) to… …   Wikipedia

• Concentrated solar power — The PS10 Solar Power Plant concentrates sunlight from a field of heliostats onto a central solar power tower. Concentrated solar power (CSP) systems use mirrors or lenses to concentrate a large area of sunlight, or solar thermal energy, onto a… …   Wikipedia

• Deployment of solar power to energy grids — depends largely upon local conditions and requirements. Many industrialized nations are installing significant solar power capacity in their grids as a reliable economic supplement or alternative to other power sources. Long distance transmission …   Wikipedia