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Summary results are presented after three years of testing with the CRS plant were completed in June 1984. Whereas design performances were experimentally verified, longterm behavior did not meet expectations. Subsystem testing and evaluation was, therefore, emphasized rather than optimization of electrical power output. Through that program and with its widespread international cooperation, the SSPS Plants on the Spanish Plataforma Solar de Almeria have become one of the most viable test facilities for solar thermal technologies worldwide.
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Grasse, W., Ruiz, F. (1985). Central Receiver Solar Power Plant of the IEA/SSPS Project. In: Gretz, J., Strub, A., Palz, W. (eds) Thermo-Mechanical Solar Power Plants. Solar Energy R&D in the European Community, vol 2. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-5402-1_6
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