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Solar Thermal Power Coming to a Boil
Author: Jonathan G. Dorn 
InfoShare Partner: Earth Policy Institute
Publication Date: July 2008
Type of Document: Article/Report/Paper
Topics: Environment and health/population
Region: Global
Language: English
Additional information: To see data for this Plan B Update, visit http://www.earth-policy.org/Updates/2008/Update73_data.htm For more information on Earth Policy Institute’s goal of 200,000 MW of CSP worldwide, part of a plan to cut carbon emissions 80 percent by 2020, see Chapters 11-13 in Plan B 3.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization, available at www.earthpolicy.org for free downloading.
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After emerging in 2006 from 15 years of hibernation, the solar thermal power industry experienced a surge in 2007, with 100 megawatts of new capacity coming online worldwide. During the 1990s, cheap fossil fuels, combined with a loss of state and federal incentives, put a damper on solar thermal power development. However, recent increases in energy prices, escalating concerns about global climate change, and fresh economic incentives are renewing interest in this technology.