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For concentrating solar power technologies, NREL features the following online solar radiation resource data and solar resource maps, as well as data for renewable energy power plants.
Also see TroughNet's data and resources specifically for parabolic trough technology.
Features direct normal solar radiation maps for the U.S. Southwest.
Provides a variety of solar radiation resources, including data files and collection activities, solar spectra information, solar codes and algorithms, solar models, solar calculators, and publications.
Provides information on renewable energy plants and installed capacity for energy planners, policymakers, and others interested in renewable energy.
Projects future levels of renewable energy—including solar thermal energy—based on a starting value, growth rate, and time frame.
This section of NREL's Power Technologies Energy Databook Web site includes a technology profile for concentrating solar power.
You can use this conversion tool on NREL's Power Technologies Energy Databook Web site to convert electricity from renewable sources—including concentrating solar power—into equivalent household energy needs and displaced emissions.
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