[ckilmer]

imho greatest way to use this tech is to combine it with water desalination like waterfx does.
http://waterfx.co/

http://www.forbes.com/sites/peterdetwiler/2014/01/07/waterfx-sees-solar-desalination-as-one-way-to-address-the-worlds-water-problem/

http://voices.nationalgeographic.com/2015/07/20/solar-desalination-could-be-a-game-changer-for-california-farms/

http://www.businessinsider.com/california-waterfx-solar-desalination-technology-aaron-mandell-2014-3

[thackney]

A water desalination plant is efficient when set up for continuous operation.

Shutting it down at sunset and back up a dawn leave a lot of equipment not operating a lot of time.

You have to build it twice or more as big to produce the same 24 hour output from a different energy source.