CSP Training course - Lesson 1 : General Principles

Lesson 1 : Fundamentals of concentrating solar thermal power

In this session, the contents will focus on the physical and thermodynamic basis of Concentrated Solar Power:

• High temperature solar-thermal conversion, limits to the concentration of solar radiation and description of the main concentrating technologies.
• Solar thermal power plants: concept, background, general configuration and main typologies of solar thermal power plants.

This lesson is part of the general course on CSP technology.