The energy conversion process of a solar thermal power station is as follows: use a collector (condenser) and a heat absorber (boiler) to concentrate the scattered solar radiation energy into concentrated heat, and then the hot steam drives the steam turbine generator set to generate electricity. Generally, the main difference between it and a thermal power plant is that its source of power is not coal or oil, but the sun's radiant energy.

        There is also a heat accumulator in the solar thermal power station. When the high-pressure hot steam drives the steam turbine to rotate, it also stores some heat in the heat accumulator through a dedicated pipe. In cloudy, rainy and snowy days, when there is no sunlight at night, the thermostat will provide heat to ensure that the solar thermal power plant can continuously generate electricity.

         Most solar thermal power plants adopt a tower type, that is, multiple condensers are placed on the ground to capture sunlight from different angles and directions, and focus it on a special boiler above the high tower, so that the water entering the boiler is heated and changed. After being converted into high-pressure steam, the steam drives a steam turbine, and then the steam turbine drives a generator to generate electricity.