CSP technologies

Land requirement (m2/MW)

Parabolic Trough

18,000 including power block [20]

40,000 [21]

Solar Tower

45,000 [20]

83,600 [21]

Linear Fresnel Reflector

19,166 [20]

25,555 (1 h of thermal storage capacity) [20]

34,000 (wet cooling) [20]

Parabolic Dish

16,000 [21]

40,460 [20]