Concentrating solar power (CSP) involves using arrays of mirrors to focus large amounts of sunlight onto a small area.

集中式太阳能发电技术(Concentrating solar power, CSP)需要用到镜子的阵列来把大量的阳光集中到一小块区域内。

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Previous clean energy investments by Google include eSolar Inc, which builds Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) plants, as well as AltaRock Energy and Potter Drilling, which use various techniques to optimize and develop geothermal energy sources.

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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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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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