greenpeace csp Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Fri, 29 May 2009 12:45:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Concentrated Solar Power Could Lower Price of Electricity to $0.1/kW by 2020 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/solar-concentrator-low-energy-price-20090529/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/solar-concentrator-low-energy-price-20090529/#comments Fri, 29 May 2009 12:45:16 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=3596 CSP stands for Concentrated Solar Power, and it really isn't a cutting edge technology. It uses solar power, focused through mirrors, to heat water in a central tower (like in the image on the left), create steam, and spin a turbine to generate electricity. It's so simple and effective that it can currently deliver electricity at €0.15 to €0.23 a kilowatt.

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