Report: The Australian Concentrating Solar Thermal Value Proposition
Concentrated Solar Thermal (CST) uses mirrors to concentrate the sun’s rays to a small area (receiver) to produce medium to high temperature heat (from 150°C up to 1,000°C or beyond). The heat can be used immediately or stored in a Thermal Energy Storage (TES) system- for multiple hours or even days. The heat can be used directly as industrial process heat or further utilised to generate electric power or to drive chemical processes.
The Australian Concentrating Solar thermal Value Proposition report examines the values that CST can provide to Australia across grid connected and remote / off-grid power generation, industrial process heat and green fuels production.