Saturday, May 5, 2007

Mirror Power

The BBC reports about how a new power plant in Spain gets it's power from the sun in a novel way:
It is Europe's first commercially operating power station using the Sun's energy this way and at the moment its operator, Solucar, proudly claims that it generates 11 Megawatts (MW) of electricity without emitting a single puff of greenhouse gas. This current figure is enough to power up to 6,000 homes.
But ultimately, the entire plant should generate as much power as is used by the 600,000 people of Seville.
It works by focusing the reflected rays on one location, turning water into steam and then blasting it into turbines to generate power.

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1 comment:

Mike said...

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Best wishes, Michael

http://swordsandploughshares.blogspot.com/2007/04/jc-why-gm-food-isnt-kosher.html