Abstract: . . .  thermal solar Chapter 3: Solar Thermal Electric Page 1 Potential for Renewable Energy in the San Diego Region August 2005 Chapter 3: Solar Thermal Electric Summary Solar energy can be converted to useful forms of energy through two main processes: solar- electric or solar-thermal. In the simplest use of the solar-thermal process, solar radiation is converted . . .
. . .  Springs. 1 The land studied in Imperial County was essentially flat and did not require a slope filter. © Page 3 Potential for Renewable Energy in the San Diego Region August 2005 Table 3.2: Technical Potential for CSP after Filtering (Solar Resource > 6.75 kWh/m 2 - day) Technical Potential in GW. Area in (km 2 ) San Diego – Borrego Springs Imperial Valley Land Filtered for: GW km 2 Land Filtered for: GW km 2 Undeveloped Land with a 1% Slope 2.9 58 Non-Agriculture . . .
. . .  West, the southwest portion of the United States has the greatest potential for CSP in the world. In February 2005, NREL completed a full CSP study for the San Diego region. It has been included in its entirety in Appendix E, Solar Thermal – Concentrated Solar Power. The gross technical potential for the San Diego/Imperial County region was calculated by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s (NREL). A summary of NREL’s findings are shown in Table 3.1. Table . . .
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