After the photovoltaic power generation industry is in full swing, the solar thermal power generation industry has begun to rise with lightning, and another solar energy thermal power generation project has begun or is brewing in various regions.

In the intersection of the Ordos platform and the Loess Plateau in Gaoshawo Town, Yanchi County, Ningxia, the endless Gobi Desert is an ideal area for the construction of solar thermal power plants. Han Fuxin, president of Hanas New Energy Group (hereinafter referred to as "Hanasi"), announced that Hanas invested 2.25 billion yuan in China's first trench solar-gas combined cycle demonstration project. The project has a planning capacity of 92.5MW and is scheduled to be completed and put into operation in October 2013.

Hanas declared that it will build two solar thermal bases and 10 light and heat projects in the “Twelfth Five-Year Plan” period. The future goal is to accumulatively exceed million kilowatts in solar thermal power generation.

Hu Lei, the director of China National Cheng Hung New Energy Power Co., Ltd., once confessed that although there are manufacturers in China that are developing key equipments for CSP systems, they have only achieved breakthroughs in the laboratory and mass production will take time.

In addition to the technical and equipment problems, the commercialization of the CSP industry is also facing the defects of the related industry supporting construction. Take the Hanas Ningxia Trough Solar-Gas Combined Cycle Power Project that was started this time as an example. "Ningxia's power grid construction in the northwest region is lagging. It is difficult to use solar power to access the grid, and the phenomenon of abandonment of power grids has occurred from time to time. The future operation of the project, said Xiao Han, a research fellow at China Investment.