Covering material for solar thermal power generating system and solar thermal power generating system formed by spreading the covering material

1. A solar thermal power generation system, comprising a heat collector having a roof formed by fitting an end of a covering material having a cable attached to its end, into C-shaped pipes of a connecting jig having two C-shaped pipes, support structures and poles, a chimney and a power generator;

wherein the covering material for the solar thermal power generation system comprises a film which has a tensile yield strength of at least 10 N/mm2 according to JIS K7127, a solar radiation transmittance of at least 85% according to JIS R3106, and a retention of at least 80% against the initial value of the tensile breakage strength after 5000 hours of the sunshine carbon arc lamp weather test according to JIS B7753, wherein the film is a wide-width film formed by fusion-bonding ends of a plurality of films.

2. The solar thermal power generation system according to claim 1 , wherein the film is made of at least one member selected from the group consisting of an ethylene/tetrafluoroethylene copolymer, a tetrafluoroethylene/perfluoroalkyl vinyl ether copolymer, a tetrafluoroethylene/hexafluoropropylene copolymer, a tetrafluoroethylene/hexafluoropropylene/vinylidene fluoride copolymer, a polyvinylidene fluoride and a polyvinyl fluoride.

3. The solar thermal power generation system according to claim 1 , wherein the film is a film having a hydrophilic treated surface on one side.

4. The solar thermal power generation system according to claim 1 , wherein the film is a film having a cable attached to its end.

5. The solar thermal power generation system according to claim 4 , wherein the film having a cable attached to its end, is a film obtained by folding back the peripheral portion of the film to enclose the cable and thermally fusion-bonding the surfaces at the folded-back peripheral portion.

6. The solar thermal power generation system according to claim 5 , wherein the surfaces to be thermally fusion-bonded are non-hydrophilic treated surfaces.

7. The solar thermal power generation system as defined in claim 1 , wherein the covering material for the solar thermal cower generation system is stretched.

8. The solar thermal power generation system according to claim 1 , wherein the connecting jig is a connecting jig having two C-shaped pipes and a pipe for a reinforcement wire, wherein a reinforcement wire is inserted in the pipe for a reinforcement wire.

9. The solar thermal power generation system according to claim 1 , wherein the roof is a roof spread by pulling the covering material downwardly by a tension wire.