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Concentrated solar power in the future of electricity generation: a synthesis of reasons

Author(s) -

Carlo Rubbia

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

philosophical transactions of the royal society a mathematical physical and engineering sciences

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.074

H-Index - 169

eISSN - 1471-2962

pISSN - 1364-503X

DOI - 10.1098/rsta.2011.0437

Subject(s) - electricity generation , electricity , solar energy , environmental science , solar power , power (physics) , environmental economics , engineering physics , physics , electrical engineering , economics , engineering , thermodynamics

It is well known that the main source of renewable energy is the solar radiation arriving on the Earth's surface, which amounts to a continuous power of 125 000 TW. This value is 10 000 times as large as the current average power of artificial energy consumed by mankind, but it is so sparse that

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