Today, the Department of Energy offered a $2.1 billion conditional commitment loan guarantee to support a concentrating solar thermal power plant near Blythe, California.

能源部提供了21亿美元的有条件承诺贷款用以保证对加利福尼亚州布莱斯地区附近的太阳能热电厂的建设支持。

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Concentrating solar power, or solar thermal, involves using the sun's energy to create heat that can be turned into electricity.

集中式太阳能，也称为太阳能热，其需要利用太阳能来产生热量，然后再把这种热量转化成电力。

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Concentrating solar power devices focus or concentrate the thermal energy of the sun to drive a generator or heat engine.

集中太阳能发电装置集中用太阳的热能，来驱动发电机或热力引擎。

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They argue solar thermal (also called concentrating solar power, or CSP) is getting cheaper fast, too, because of new, more efficient technologies.

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Utility-scale concentrating solar power (CSP) systems that produce electricity using lenses or mirrors to focus radiation on thermal collectors or photovoltaic cells draw criticism from environmental groups for taking up too much desert land, thus displacing certain animal and reptile species.

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