The initial plan is for HEC’s ISCC plants to start by integrating state-of-the-art concentrating solar power (CSP) technologies into conventional gas- and coal-fired plant designs to generate electricity and desalinate water. That will be followed by HEC’s testing of new solar field designs and components in ISCC configurations in its own technology demonstration plants to be located in North Africa and North America. A successful deployment of commercial designs will segue into design, procurement and construction services to project developers around the world.
The hope is that ISCC plants will accelerate the integration of solar energy into the electricity generation mix. In ISCC plants solar energy is used as a complement to fossil fuels leveraging the gas- or coal-fired plant infrastructure and eliminating the need for the government subsidies currently being granted to stand-alone concentrating solar or photovoltaic (PV) power plants.
Awesome Pic. Just look at the engineering of the parabolic collectors. Good info.