Talk:Solar thermal energy
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[edit] Moved material from Solar power#Solar thermal electric power plants
I've done the move, so that all the material is in one place. I think it belongs here rather than in Solar power. Some of the subsections of Solar power#Solar thermal electric power plants arguably might be best moved here (Solar Tower etc). --Singkong2005 (t - c - WPID) 09:45, 25 June 2006 (UTC)
- First of all, I certainly want to encourage you to create a state-of-the-art article on Solar thermal energy. On the other hand, it begs the question what function remains for the Solar power article. In my view the Solar power article should give an overview of all what is out there, without getting into too much detail on all of that; details are best dealt with in separate articles like the one you are creating on Solar thermal energy. I that vein I would advocate to leave a short discussion on this subject in Solar power, and then provide a link to this article for further deatil.
- Another issue I am concerned about is the proliferation of closely related articles, which seem to mostly ignore each other. I did a quick search to see what is out there, and what pops up is Solar power tower, Solar thermal collector, Solar One, Parabolic trough, Nevada Solar One, Solar hot water, Heliostat, Solar Energy Generating Systems, Alkali-metal thermal to electric converter, and this is far from complete. I think there is a need to concentrate all that material in one place, and provide an overview of what is out there. Solar power already overburdened with too much stuff, so perhaps all Solar thermal energy related articles should be reviewed (or even combined) in an article like this one. JdH 13:23, 25 June 2006 (UTC)
- Re the merge discussion: I recommend not to merge; rather, move much of the content from here to solar thermal collector, and let this article be devoted to energy generation in general, including a review of the various power plants, etc. linas 23:39, 22 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] degrees
"latitude plus about 10 degrees": give reason and examples. Also two paragraphs down you switch from F to C degrees in the same sentence. Use C.
