Solar heat collecting apparatus and solar heat collecting method

A solar heat collecting apparatus comprised of plural reflection lines and one or more reception lines, wherein

• the plural reflection lines are arranged in parallel in a north-south direction;
• each reflection line is provided with plural reflecting mirrors that reflect sunlight;
• the plural reflecting mirrors are provided with a heliostat mechanism that causes the plural reflecting mirrors to follow a movement of the sun to adjust an angle of a reflecting surface of the plural reflecting mirrors;
• the heliostat mechanism includes an east-west angle adjustment unit, having a rotating ring, to adjust the angle of the reflecting surface of the plural reflecting mirrors in the east-west direction, and a north-south angle adjustment unit, having actuators, to adjust the angle of the reflecting surface of the plural reflecting mirrors in the north-south direction;
• the rotating ring is connected to the plural reflecting mirrors via a frame, and the angle of the reflecting surface of the plural reflecting mirrors on each reflection line is simultaneously adjusted via the frame by a rotation of the rotating ring;
• the actuators are disposed to correspond one-to-one to the plural reflecting mirrors, each reflecting mirror is connected to an arm of the corresponding actuator, and the angle of the reflecting surface of each reflecting mirror is individually adjusted by a back-and-forth motion of the arm of the corresponding actuator;
• and,
• the one or more reception lines are arranged in an east-west direction in a fixed position above the plural reflection lines, each reception line is provided with one receiver, and the receiver collects heat from the reflected light of the sunlight reflected by the plural reflecting mirrors.