Full Title: Technology Roadmap, Solar Thermal Electricity
Author(s): Cédric Philibert
Publisher(s): International Energy Agency
Publication Date: January 1, 2014
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Description (excerpt):
This updated roadmap takes into account changes in the energy landscape. It shows that rapid deployment of PV has delayed the deployment of STE but is unlikely to impede it in the longer term, because STE’s built-in thermal storage and synchronous generation will give it a strong advantage from a system perspective despite higher energy costs. Further, the roadmap takes stock of the progress the technology has made, and of the rapid evolution of technology concepts.