Power plants worldwide are trying to emit less CO2 into the atmosphere through carbon capture and sequestration ( see http://www.powerplantccs.com ). Now, whether we like it or not, CCS looks like the only way to take care of enhanced carbon emissions for the short and medium term.

For the long term however, I see the use of renewable energy sources as the only sustainable and viable solution for GHG abatement. True, it is going to take long before renewable sources such as solar or wind start making a significant contribution to worldwide electricity generation, but then we got to start off some day. So, this is good news. Even better is the fact that it is a power plant which is doing it! Way to go

This article is political and not quantitative, you don’t mention :

- about the equivalent cost of solar energy which is very high. (at least 7 times in the most favourable case, then even with the coal price doubling it won’t be a problem)
- the problem of regulating the steam production during the day and combine it with the fossil
production.
- … many other technical comments, n particular about the fresnel technology, but I would be boring…