Solar thermal power generation is similar to thermal power generation. The difference lies in the way that heat energy is generated. It uses light-concentrating and heat-collecting devices to collect sunlight to generate heat, and thermal power generation generates heat through the combustion of fossil fuels.

　　The advantages of solar thermal power generation technology are mainly reflected in the following points:

　　(1) New economic growth points, stimulating investment and employment

　　The long industrial chain of solar thermal power generation plays an important role in cultivating new economic growth points and creating employment. It uses conventional steam turbines or gas turbines to generate electricity, which can drive the demand for traditional products.

　　(2) With an energy storage system, the power generation is relatively stable and controllable

　　Solar and wind energy resources have the characteristics of intermittent and instability. They are equipped with a large-capacity energy storage system with mature technology, low cost, safe and environmentally friendly, which can achieve stable and controllable output of power generation.

　　During the day when the sun is strong, the system can store the excess energy, and can use the accumulated energy in time when the sun is obscured by the clouds.

　　(3) Flexible operation mode

　　The solar thermal power generation system can be operated in a combined cycle with coal, oil, natural gas and biomass power generation systems to achieve all-weather uninterrupted power generation, and is more power system-friendly.

　　(4) The backbone of integrated energy services

　　Solar thermal power generation can use waste heat for salt water desalination and clean heating; it can also form a micro-grid to operate independently, or it can be networked to operate as a grid controllable power generation unit.

　　(5) Environmental protection and high safety

　　As an environmentally friendly technology with extremely low carbon dioxide emissions throughout its life cycle (about 17 g/(kW·h)), solar thermal power generation is equipped with a safe and environmentally friendly molten salt energy storage system.

　　Lithium-ion battery (LIB) has become the main energy storage solution in modern social life. Among them, lithium iron phosphate batteries are a perfect replacement for lead-acid batteries, and they are the first choice for grid-connected peak shaving, off-grid energy storage, photovoltaic energy storage, UPS, data center and other industries.

　　Solar thermal power generation system combined with lithium battery energy storage system is a very promising clean energy.