Solar thermal power plants use concentrating solar collector systems because they can produce high temperature heat. (eia.gov)
Whether burning coal, concentrating sunlight or splitting atoms, most thermal power plants use the energy for the same thing: heating water into steam to drive a turbine. (scientificamerican.com)
The authors suggest that new thermal power plants should be built more than 20 kilometers from airports, and air traffic controllers should alter flight paths to avoid existing ones. (sciencemag.org)