======Building CSP====== These pages contian information on how to build CSP systems. It is in the process of being migrated from Ning.com, where it has been living for a year now. [[info@sunreign.com Tell us of your projects]] =====A Map of Technology===== |=|Shape|=|Tracking|=|Motor Control|=|Reciever|=|Output Use|| ||[[http://www.parabolictrough.org Parabolictrough]]||[[http://www.sunreign.com/info/SolarTracking Independent Clock]]||DC Motor||80-120 degrees||Thermal storage|| ||[[http://www.heliostat.org Heliostat]]||[[http://www.sunreign.com/info/SolarTracking Radio Clock]]||Stepper motor||120-500 degrees||Steam generator|| ||[[http://www.solarbowl.org Solarbowl]]||[[http://www.sunreign.com/info/SolarTracking Solar tracker]]||Servo||> 500 degrees||[[http://www.solarrefrigeration.org Cooling]]|| ||||||||Molten Salt||[[SolarCooking Cooking]]|| =====News===== May 19th 2010 [[http://www1.eere.energy.gov/solar/pdfs/csp_water_study.pdf A report "Concentrating Solar Power Commercial Application Study: Reducing Water Consumption of Concentrating Solar Power Electricity Generation", to the Congress by the U.S. Department of Energy became recently available]]