Solar tower power plant in Germany and future perspectives of the development of the technology in Greece and Cyprus

Renewable Energy

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1352-1356

  Alexopoulos, Spiros ^a   Hoffschmidt, Bernhard ^a  

^a AACHEN UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Desalination; Hybrid; Power plant; Solar receiver; Solar tower

Indexed keywords

A-THERMAL; DIRECT SOLAR RADIATION; FAST START-UP; FUTURE PERSPECTIVES; GERMANY; HIGH EFFICIENCY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HYBRID POWER PLANTS; MECHANICAL ENERGIES; MEDITERRANEAN COUNTRIES; POROUS CERAMIC MATERIALS; POWER PRODUCTION; SOLAR POTENTIAL; SOLAR RECEIVER; SOLAR THERMAL POWER PLANTS; SOLAR THERMAL TECHNOLOGY; STEAM CYCLES; TOWER POWER PLANTS;

CERAMIC MATERIALS; DESALINATION; FOSSIL FUELS; SOLAR EQUIPMENT; SOLAR HEATING; SOLAR RADIATION; STEAM ENGINEERING; SUN; THERMOELECTRIC POWER PLANTS; TOWERS; WATER FILTRATION;

STEAM POWER PLANTS;

DESALINATION; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; POWER GENERATION; SOLAR POWER; SOLAR RADIATION; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

CYPRUS; GERMANY; GREECE;

EID: 77349101073     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2009.11.003     Document Type: Article

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