The paper "Concentrated Solar Power Plants: Review and Design Methodology" by H.L. Zhang, J. Baeyens, J. Degreve, and G. Cacères provides a comprehensive review of concentrated solar power (CSP) technologies, focusing on parabolic trough collectors (PTC) and solar tower collectors (STC). The authors highlight the challenges of daily and monthly variations in solar irradiation, which limit the operational efficiency of CSP plants. To address these issues, the paper presents a methodology for predicting hourly beam irradiation from monthly averages, using a combination of theoretical and experimental findings. This methodology is applied to selected STC locations to illustrate its effectiveness. The paper also discusses the importance of thermal energy storage (TES) and backup systems (BS) in enhancing the operational flexibility and stability of CSP plants. The results demonstrate the potential of CSPs, particularly STCs, in providing a significant portion of the world's energy demand, while also defining the design background for STC plants. The paper concludes with a detailed discussion on the design and operation of CSP plants, including the selection of appropriate plant configurations and the use of predicted hourly beam irradiation data.The paper "Concentrated Solar Power Plants: Review and Design Methodology" by H.L. Zhang, J. Baeyens, J. Degreve, and G. Cacères provides a comprehensive review of concentrated solar power (CSP) technologies, focusing on parabolic trough collectors (PTC) and solar tower collectors (STC). The authors highlight the challenges of daily and monthly variations in solar irradiation, which limit the operational efficiency of CSP plants. To address these issues, the paper presents a methodology for predicting hourly beam irradiation from monthly averages, using a combination of theoretical and experimental findings. This methodology is applied to selected STC locations to illustrate its effectiveness. The paper also discusses the importance of thermal energy storage (TES) and backup systems (BS) in enhancing the operational flexibility and stability of CSP plants. The results demonstrate the potential of CSPs, particularly STCs, in providing a significant portion of the world's energy demand, while also defining the design background for STC plants. The paper concludes with a detailed discussion on the design and operation of CSP plants, including the selection of appropriate plant configurations and the use of predicted hourly beam irradiation data.