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What is solar thermal energy used to do​

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Heat from suns rays is collected and used to heat fluid . And the steam produced from heated fluid power to generator to produced electricity
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It allows the solar collector system to heat an energy storage system during the day, and the heat from the storage system is used to produce electricity in the evening or during cloudy weather.

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