Solar tower power plant in southern Spain
Solar tower power plant in southern Spain
One square kilometre of desert is sufficient to supply about 100 000 households with 250 million kilowatt-hours of electricity per year. Solar-thermal power plants, which use the concentrated rays of the sun to generate electricity, can make a big contribution to future energy generation. According to current studies, more than 15% of European electricity requirements could be produced from concentrating solar power systems in 2050.
