Figure 6.14 Solar ‘power tower’ for generating steam for electricity production. The
photograph shows the 7MW (thermal) CESA-1 facility at Almeria, Spain. The
facility has 330 mirrors, each of 396m2. At a typical irradiance of 950MW/m2
an intensity of 33MW/m2 is obtained on a 4 m-diameter circle. [Photo by
courtesy of Plataforma Solar de Almeria.]