Under the second option, solar thermal electricity generators receive a premium of 25.4 $ cents / kWh during the first 25 years and 20.3 $ cents / kWh thereafter as a complement to the electricity market price. (solarpaces.org)
Meanwhile solar thermal electricity from concentrating solar power plants, which thrive in hot cloudless deserts, could provide an additional 11 %. (priceofoil.org)
There are immense direct and indirect public benefits in transitioning to an efficient renewable energy system in terms of reduced incidence of diseases such as asthma, freeing up of most of the supplies of water that are now used for thermal electricity generation (and hence reduced conflict over water), reduced air, water, and soil pollution that accompanies fossil fuel production, processing and use, and greatly improved prospects of avoiding the worst consequences of climate change. (ieer.org)