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Charging batteries and powering rural areas.
Advantages:
Renewable and non-polluting.
Reduces dependence on fossil fuels.
Can store energy using batteries.
Disadvantages:
Requires large space for installation.
Output varies with time of day and weather.
3. Solar Furnaces (Concentrated Solar Power – CSP)
Method:
Uses mirrors or lenses to concentrate sunlight onto a single point (the
receiver).
The focused sunlight heats air, oil, or molten salt to produce steam.
The steam drives a turbine connected to a generator, producing electricity.
Uses:
Large-scale electricity generation in power plants.
Industrial heating and research experiments.
Advantages:
Produces large amounts of energy.
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