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See also;
Solar Thermal JV to Spend $1.24B in Spain

Solar Thermal JV to Spend $1.24B in Spain Earth2Tech

Germany Looks to North Africa's Untapped Solar Thermal Potential

Flabeg has recently developed a mirror that can reflect 93 percent of the sun's rays.

Germany Looks to North Africa's Untapped Solar Thermal Potential

GLOBAL POWER The Electric Hypergrid

http://www.terrawatts.com/hypergrid.htm


See NRELs views on Solar Thermal energy and baseload potential;

As the cost of thermal storage is reduced, future parabolic trough plants could yield capacity factors greater than 70%, competing directly with future baseload combined cycle plants or coal plants.

NREL: TroughNet - Parabolic Trough Power Plant Market, Economic Assessment and Deployment

Either way solar thermal in general has significant potential.