Concentrated Solar Power Panels

For residential and commercial property owners solar photovoltaic panels are the best way to harness the sun s energy for use.

Concentrated solar power panels.

Csp technology utilizes focused sunlight. Concentrated solar power system types. The thermal energy concentrated in a csp plant can be stored and used to produce electricity when it is needed day or night. Based on the principal that a solar cell receiving more light energy will produce more electricity concentrating photovoltaic solar panels simply involve a method usually using a lens or mirrors to concentrate more sunlight onto a photovoltaic cell.

Concentrating solar power csp plants use mirrors to concentrate the sun s energy to drive traditional steam turbines or engines that create electricity. Generally concentrated solar power is not installed at a residential scale and instead will almost always be installed over a large area as a utility scale generating facility. Instead of directly converting solar energy to electricity as in pv panels concentrated solar power concentrates sunlight onto a relatively small point which heats a medium.