Do Concentrated Solar Plants heat Oil to high temps which create steam which power conventional turbines?
CSP does not rely on the sun to create power. They concentrate the sun to a fine poit which focuses on a line of fluid, heating it to a very high temperature, which creates steam which runs a turbine. Same as a cola plant accept instead of coal creating the steam, solar does the job. So you don't calculate the amount of power based on standard solar power calculations as you do with Solar PV roof panels. CSP is very efficient. Over 100 applications were made during Bush's term and all turned down? Why? It will reduce our reliance on Coal, which is profitable to coal manufacturers. The Oil/Coal/Gas/Nuclear industries do an excellent job of making sure most people don't understand the tru viability and advantages of Renewable Energy and all the different options. Why? They don't want a power shift away from the products they make a bundle on.
As of yet no alternative power source is without additional reactions that harm the environment. The type you are referring to utilizes water sources that are required to drink and produce food products, which by the way is not an endless source. Meaning any plant that uses CSP/thermal would require large amounts of water to create energy (steam), not oil except maybe to pump the water into the plant in order to convert it to energy. FYI, it also requires the SUN otherwise it is not a source of "solar" power. Other forms of CSP require large portions of land to set up several rows of solar panels to collect the solar energy. Every source of energy has its own down falls, sadly too many people have brilliant ideas that often end up being bad for the environment after millions have been spent to produce them.
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