The current environmental situation is critical, to such an extent that alternative energy generation methods must be developed that do not threaten the care of the environment in order to avoid irreversible damage that could drastically affect the terrestrial ecosystem. The present work of degree aims to provide a point of development and comparison between two models of solar concentrator, the composite parabolic cylinder and linear Fresnel, a form of thermal energy that replaces the burning of fossil fuels in the process of power generation in the solar thermal power plants. The solar resource study is carried out for two locations in Colombia, Bogota DC and Riohacha in the Guajira, based on the availability of the solar resource, the specific models for each location are designed and heat transfer mechanisms are studied to verify the thermal capacity of each one for certain applications in the industry, finally a solar tracking system based on adaptive control is designed that adjusts to the point of operation given by the relative solar movement. The size of a field of solar concentrators is determined, both the Fresnel model with the composite parabolic model for the application of a dairy products factory in the case of Bogota and the one for a desalination plant for the case of La Guajira.