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Concentrating solar power: Still small but learning fast

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  • Robert Pitz-Paal

    (Institute of Solar Research, German Aerospace Center)

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Concentrating solar power had a difficult market start compared to other renewable technologies, leading to a total global capacity of only 5 GW today after more than a decade of deployment. A comprehensive global empirical study identifies distinct deployment phases, with high learning rates exceeding 25% over the past 5 years.

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  • Robert Pitz-Paal, 2017. "Concentrating solar power: Still small but learning fast," Nature Energy, Nature, vol. 2(7), pages 1-2, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natene:v:2:y:2017:i:7:d:10.1038_nenergy.2017.95
    DOI: 10.1038/nenergy.2017.95
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