Unique Design Features and Inventions

Although the basic technologies utilized in this demonstration plant (such as solar, geothermal, H2, and fuel cell technologies) are well established, the described solar-hydrogen power plant does include some unique and original ideas and new design features. 

Probably the most important feature of this plant is that it is not only fully automated, but also that this automation includes profit-based plantwide optimization. This is different from the operation of traditional power plants, which basically have only one operating mode and only adjust their rate of 

Post-Oil Energy Technology After the Age of Fossil Fuels 

The optimization of the solar farm operation is assisted by the automatic switching between five equipment configurations. These configurations are a function of the supply and demand for solar heat energy  

The solar heat collected on the farm matches the demand and is sent directly to the boiler. 

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