Abstract:

The use of fossil fuel cause the resource depletion, air pollution and climate change in the world, which have caused serious impacts on human life and society development. As one of the most important renewable energy, solar energy has got enough attention and scale development. Meanwhile, as a mainstream type of power generation with concentrating solar power technology, solar power tower has been popularized rapidly, whose technology and economic have achieve commercial level, so it has good development prospect. The economic characteristics of solar thermal power tower technology were analyzed, as well as the influence factors on system development parameters, such as the investment and efficiency of solar power plant. Finally, this paper presented the development prospect of solar thermal power tower technology in China, through the analysis of the industry status and development trend of solar energy in China.

Key words: solar thermal power tower technology, renewable energy, economy