List_of_concentrating_solar_thermal_power_companies Knowpia

This is a list of concentrating solar thermal power (CSTP) companies. The CSTP industry finished a first round of new construction during 2006/7, a resurgence after more than 15 years of commercial dormancy.^[1]

The CSTP industry saw many new entrants and new manufacturing facilities in 2008. Active project developers grew to include Ausra, Mulk Enpar Renewable Energy, Bright Source Energy, eSolar, FPL Energy, Infinia, Sopogy, and Stirling Energy Systems in the USA. In Spain, Abengoa Solar, Acciona, Iberdrola Renovables, and Sener were active in 2008.^[2]^[3]

List of notable companies edit

Parabolic trough collectors:

Aalborg CSP
Abengoa
Acciona
GlassPoint Solar
Rackam
SENER
Solar Millennium (bankruptcy)
Soliterm Group
Sopogy Micro CSP

Solar tower technology:

BrightSource Energy / Luz II
Torresol Energy

Linear Fresnel:

AREVA Solar, formerly Ausra
Novatec Solar

Unconfirmed:

eSolar
Cobra
Iberdrola
SENER
Solar Euromed
Solarlite
SolarReserve
Stirling Energy Systems (filed for bankruptcy)
Wizard Power

References edit

^ REN21 (2008). Renewables 2007 Global Status Report (PDF) Archived 2008-04-08 at the Wayback Machine pp. 19-20.
^ REN21 (2009). Renewables Global Status Report: 2009 Update Archived 2009-06-12 at the Wayback Machine p. 16.
^ REN21 (2010). Renewables 2010 Global Status Report Archived 2010-08-20 at the Wayback Machine p. 32.