CSP technology produces electricity by concentrating and harnessing solar thermal energy using mirrors. At a CSP installation, mirrors reflect the sun to a receiver that collects and stores the heat energy. That heat is used to power an engine or turbine that is connected to an. . The U. Department of Energy SunShot Initiative is a collaborative national effort to make solar energy technologies cost-competitive with traditional forms of energy by the end of the decade. This review aims to provide an analysis of the current status, technological advancements, and challenges facing CSP. . Using the energy source,concentrating solar power (CSP) or solar thermal electricity (STE) is a technology that is capable of producing utility-scale electricity,offering firm capacity and dispatchable power on demand by integrating thermal energy storage or in hybrid operation.
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