CSP has been in hibernation since its brief heyday in the 1980s, but has reawakened in the past few years thanks to a spark of interest in the Spanish market that has now spread back to the US, as well as to sun-drenched Middle East and North Africa (MENA) countries.

Excitement within the sector is frothier than it has been for decades, thanks a string of big announcements in recent months.

But