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This document was created by the International Energy Agency (IEA) in 2010. It explains the background and basics of concentrating solar thermal power (CSP), and has an introduction explaining the current market status and trends.

It discusses the economics of CSP, including generation costs, investment costs and displays it by how much it costs per Watt to create state-of-the-art trough plants. It gives an outlook for growth, as well as barriers.

This report was released in 2010 by Floyd Associates. It is an industry report that discusses the market opportunity for solar energy, worldwide.

It talks about all types of solar energy, and solar thermal in particular. There are pictures to show the concepts of different solar thermal technology including: dish/engine power plant, linear Fresnel reflector power plant, parabolic trough power plant, and a power tower power plant.

This research paper was from the Utrecht University’s Department of Science, Technology and Society in 2006.

The goal of this paper is to go over how a solar thermal electricity plant can be competitive to fossil fuel based on cost. This can be accomplished when you look at the construction criteria of the solar thermal plants.

This report was arranged by Renewable Energy World. The report provides explanations behind the need for solar thermal power as an energy source. Four different options for solar thermal conversion are explained including the parabolic trough or solar farm, solar central receiver or power tower, trough power plants, and power tower plants.

This paper was prepared by SuperSmart Grid (SSG) in 2007.

The report offers a variety of credible sources on the economics of Concentrating Solar Thermal Power (CSTP).

It aims to give the most up to date and pertinent information relating to CSTP plants and it’s cost benefit in relation to PV and other intermittent energy sources. It shows that with a 30 percent investment tax credit the effective cost of CSTP is can be reduced by almost $30/MVh.

This document was prepared by the Sustainable Energy Policy Concepts (SEPCo) to analyze the presence of solar hot water systems in developing countries around the world.

For many developing countries, solar water heating is still a new technology for several reasons. For some countries, hot water supply is not a demand in many countries, and no income generating uses in the first place are two big barriers the countries face.

This paper was prepared by the research center, LEPII, and the World Energy Council in 2007.

The report breaks down the total installation capacity, worldwide and identifies the largest installing countries in the world by per capita, cost and total systems.

It includes case studies on individual countries including Austria, China and Mexico. The case studies define the market, barriers, incentive measures and main issues. Te main issues talk about market growth and what’s stunting it or what is needed to grow it further.

This report was written by the Institute for Solar Energy Systems (ISE), in association with the International Energy Agency (IEA) in 2004.

This was a study prepared by the International Energy Agency (IEA) in 2002. The study documented the collector areas previously installed in the 22 IEA member countries and to identify the contribution of solar plants to the supply of energy and how it cut down on CO2 emissions.

It has all the member countries listed with the total collector area, for different types of solar thermal systems, with energy savings equivalent.

This short document, produced by the International Energy Agency, provides a summary of the solar heating and cooling situation in 2009.

The document is divided in different sections: market status; economics; outlook; system related aspects; environmental impact; technology status development; which touch upon different issues ranging from the installed capacity, to solar resources of different countries, drivers and barriers for growth, etc.