| CPC H02S 40/44 (2014.12) [F24S 10/95 (2018.05); F24S 40/55 (2018.05); H02S 40/42 (2014.12)] | 14 Claims |

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1. A system for providing electrical power, the system comprising:
a solar thermal collector including a photovoltaic (PV) module, wherein the solar thermal collector is configured to convert a first portion of sunlight to thermal energy and a second portion of the sunlight to electrical energy;
a thermal cycle generator configured to generate electricity including a generator working fluid, wherein the generator working fluid receives heat from the solar thermal collector and exhausts the heat to a district working fluid;
a district working fluid ring of a district heating and cooling network (DHCN) configured to receive heat from the thermal cycle generator with the district working fluid therein, wherein the district working fluid ring includes a warm-temperature fluid ring or a cool-temperature fluid ring; and
a preheater configured to heat the generator working fluid before an evaporator, wherein the preheater receives district thermal energy from at least one of the warm-temperature fluid ring of the DHCN or the cool-temperature fluid ring of the DHCN.
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