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To: Dale Baker who wrote (58381)	4/9/2008 5:49:01 PM
From: Triffin	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 543087

Dale .. Sorry for the cryptic reply .. CSP = Concentrated solar power These are large utility scale power plants utilizing solar thermal technologies to produce electricity Three approaches are being commercialized .. 1) Parabolic trough mirror designs to heat a working fluid such as Therminol which is then run through a heat exchanger to produce steam to then drive a turbine generator 2) Molten salts as the working fluid using a field of tracking mirrors focusing the sun on a central tower or heliostat that contains the molten salt then through a heat exchanger as above 3) Sterling engines mounted at the focal point of large dish type solar concentrators to mechanically produce electricity On the home front for solar PV and small scale wind we currently have a hodge podge of state incentive programs to partially reimburse the cost of the equipment and installation, but it seems to me we need to standardize 'net metering' regulations ( allows the homeowner to avoid the investment in storage ( batteries )) and the price that the utility pays for home generated power ( feed in tariffs ) High feed in tariffs in Germany are responsible for the solar PV boom there .. Triff ..