Review of Concentrating Solar Thermal Power in China: Status quo, Problems and Countermeasures

Currently, the concentrating solar thermal power (CSP) has been confronted with great opportunity for further development. As a strategic emerging industry in China, the CSP meets the appeals of the Belt and Road strategy from manufacturing to practical applications. Therefore, to development the CSP in depth is of vital significance to promote power supply structure transformation, energy saving and emission reduction, as well as energy security in China. However, the development of China's CSP industry at present is still at the initial stage, with a few problems seriously hindering the large-scale and sustainable development of the industry. In view of this, this paper systematically analyzes China's CSP industry. Firstly, it conducts a detailed research on the industry status quo. On that basis, it deeply studies the existing issues and future development trend. Finally, it puts forward a series of feasible countermeasures, laying a solid foundation for the development of the CSP industry and the transformation of energy structure in China.