Principles and operation of a heliothermal system: New technologies for power generation

Today, the search for energy efficiency has reached global levels. New research into complementary and renewable energy sources has been in greatest demand in recent years. Over the years, the development of solar technologies has shown great progress and with the increase in rivalry, the costs of these technologies have dropped significantly. Despite the current limitations of economic, technical and political feasibility, in Brazilian territory, the use of solar energy is an alternative for sustainable industrial development, for the reduction of polluting gas emissions and as a complementary energy source for the National Interconnected System. This work has a bibliographic character, with the objective of exposing and aggregating themes and discussions raised in recent years in the area of Heliothermal, describing the technologies used in Thermosolar plants, analysing and highlighting the main aspects that must be considered in a Heliothermal implantation and presenting several recent studies, theses and dissertations in the area.