1994: The first solar dish generator using a free-piston Stirling engine is tied to a US utility grid (EIA).
References: EIA http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/solar.renewables/renewable.energy.annual/backgrnd/chap11h.htm
Connection to the 2007 IPCC Report on Mitigation of Climate Change, “Renewable energy generally has a positive effect on energy security, employment and on air quality. Given costs relative to other supply options, renewable electricity, which accounted for 18% of the electricity supply in 2005, can have a 30-35% share of the total electricity supply in 2030 at carbon prices up to 50 US$/tCO-eq” (IPCC, 2007). Climate Change 2007: Summary For Policymakers. Mitigation of Climate Change. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Working Group III. Corresponding chapter title: 4.3, 4.4, 11.3, 11.6, 11.8. http://www.ipcc.ch/publications_and_data/publications_and_data_reports.htm#1
Image Description: JVP phase II dish Stirling engine 25 kilowatt system. The photo was taken by David Parsons on 1998Sept30. Image Location: US National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL). http://www.nrel.gov/data/pix/Jpegs/06645.jpg Image Permission: This work is in the public domain in the United States because it is a work of the United States Federal Government under the terms of Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105 of the US Code.
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