Juice From Concentrate: Reducing Emissions with Concentrating Solar Thermal Power

This report examines Concentrating Solar Thermal power (CST), a renewable energy resource that presents policy-makers and investors with a significant potential for reducing carbon dioxide emissions from the power sector

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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