In principle, power plants of this type are similar to tower ones, but they are structurally different. It uses separate modules, each of which generates electricity. The module includes both a reflector and a receiver. A parabolic assembly of mirrors is installed on the support, forming a reflector.
Mirror booster – A concentrator of solar radiation with a mirror coating. Mirror faceted concentrator – Mirror concentrator of solar radiation, consisting of individual mirrors of a flat or curved shape, forming a common reflecting surface.
The receiver is located at the focus of the paraboloid. The reflector consists of dozens of mirrors, each individually customized. The receiver can be a Stirling engine combined with a generator, or a reservoir with water, which turns into steam, and the steam rotates the turbine.
In the focus of the “plate” of a solar power plant of this type, there can also be a container with oil, the heat from which can be transferred to the steam generator, which, in turn, rotates the turbine of the electric generator.