CRS-CONCENTRACAO DE RADIACAO SOLAR

Enormous quantities of energy fall as sunlight on the world’s hot deserts and ‘concentrating solar power’ (CSP) is a proven technology for tapping in to it (see, for example, the website of the US Government's Department of Energy at www.eere.energy.gov/solar/csp.html). This is not some futuristic possibility like fusion nuclear power. CSP is a relatively simple, mature and practical technology that, with the right political and financial impetus, can be brought into play very soon.

Imagem: O quadrado grande corresponde a area total de deserto que se coberta com centrais de concentracao de energia solar permitiria suprir os gastos de energia electrica de todo o Mundo. O quadrado mais pequeno corresponde a area necessaria para cobrir o consumo de energia electrica da Uniao Europeia.