Mitsubishi Power, Ltd.

Masahide Umaya

Naoyuki Nagafuchi

Takahiro Marumoto

Masato Ota

Masato Kurita

Tadaharu Kishibe

Solar thermal power generation equipment is equipped with a wind turbine, a compressor, a heat receiver that receives sunlight to heat a compressed medium from the compressor, a turbine driven by the compressed medium heated with the heat receiver, a power generator that performs power generation by driving of the turbine, a transmission mechanism that transmits the rotation of the wind turbine to the power generator, and a tower which supports these components. The wind turbine, the compressor, the turbine, and the power generator each constitute an array apparatus. The plurality of array apparatuses are arranged in a vertical direction.

Solar thermal power generation equipment including wind turbine on the same vertically oriented shaft

Provided is a solar thermal power generation facility that includes: a compressor; a medium heating heat receiver that receives sunlight and heats a compressed medium from the compressor; a turbine that is driven by the compressed medium heated by the medium heating heat receiver; a power generator that generates electric power by driving of the turbine; and a tower that supports these components. The compressor, the turbine, and the power generator are formed as arranged devices. A plurality of the arranged devices are aligned in a vertical direction.

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Yokohama, Japan

Masahide Umaya