About two months ago I attended the opening of the largest “bright field” in America. While there I got the chance to meet with some representatives of SCHOTT solar the providers of the solar panels used in the field. This in turn lead to a tour of the solar cell plant. While there I started speaking with one of their representatives about solar thermal electricity.

I got the chance to ask there CEO’s some questions about their Solar Thermal Electricity production plans. SCHOTT has been providing key components for parabolic trough collectors to collect heat and in turn produce large amounts of electricity for years now. Simple and elegant solar thermal electric generation has been an important energy production method. It will only grow in scale as people turn to renewable methods to create energy.

What follows is part one of three of the Answers they gave me.

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