Sunny side up – valuable learnings from Solar Flagships
By Andrew Want on 5 July 2012
It’s been a year of mixed fortunes for concentrating solar thermal technologies, but we now have a better understanding of its enormous value.
It’s been a year of mixed fortunes for concentrating solar thermal technologies, but we now have a better understanding of its enormous value.
The questions posed by the requirements of modern electricity markets should be about value, not cost. And some electrons are more valuable than others.
The challenges facing Solar Flagships are a function of our electricity market’s focus on cost of power rather than value.
Lost in translation: Explaining the value of solar thermal
The latest AETA report highlights the fact that the current costs, cost reduction potential and value of CSP technology are not yet properly understood.