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Juice From Concentrate: Reducing Emissions with Concentrating Solar Thermal
Power
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Pangea on 10/12/2009 22:00:00
 
In a world of rising energy prices, security concerns, and climate change, the
production of energy will need to change in fundamental ways. In the electricity
sector, certain renewable energy sources appear ready for the mainstream,
offering not just a solution to these challenges but an exciting opportunity for
investment, innovation, and job creation. Many regions are deploying wind and
solar energy, successfully managing their intermittency. However, these
resources are innately less predictable than coal, which limits their use at
high rates of market penetration and as reliable sources of power around the
clock (i.e., baseload electricity). Both developed and emerging economies
require reliable power supplies on demand, and many energy analysts routinely
assert that there is no realistic alternative to building more coal-fired power
generators.
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