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Originally Posted by Besoeker
It's very simple. Solar collectors of any type can only collect when there is solar power to collect.
When there isn't (at night) they are using 0% of therir capacity.
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You are the only one talking about solar collectors, so you are talking to yourself on that score. Forget about that. NREL is talking about power plants, as am I. You appear to be getting your wires crossed. Read the quote from NREL below. I'm on the same page as NREL on this subject, but clearly you are on your own page. I suggest you turn pages, so you know what NREL and I am referring to. "Power Plants". Otherwise you are not making any sense in this discussion.
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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.
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NREL: TroughNet - Parabolic Trough Power Plant Market, Economic Assessment and Deployment