Europe's First Commercial Solar Power Tower
source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OkqJw1oTMk&feature=related
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OkqJw1oTMk&feature=related
The PS10 solar power tower is operating near the sunny southern Spanish city of Seville. The 11 megawatt solar power tower produces electricity with 624 large movable mirrors called heliostats.Each of the mirrors has a surface measuring 120 square meters (1,292 square feet) that concentrates the Sun's rays to the top of a 115 meter (377 ft) high, 40-story tower where a solar receiver and a steam turbine are located. The turbine drives a generator, producing electricity.
Focused rays heat liquid sodium, a metal with high heat capacity, and the resulting steam powers a turbine. The Sodium has such high thermal storage properties, it can be used to store the energy before using it to boil water to drive turbines. This design allows power to be generated even when the sun is not shining.
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Mikeysfake1
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nice story MykoJ. Informed.
- 4 years ago
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Mikeysfake1
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VynalFrontier
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if only the U.S.A wasn't so caught up with religion and the idea of the apocalypse cause to them end of days if near and there is no point in caring for that which gives us life....The planet
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VynalFrontier
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cerealforeal
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Spain and Portugal are definitely the world's leaders in producing renewable energy. When will the rest of the world catch up?
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cerealforeal
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trut
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Well its about time.
- 4 years ago
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trut
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Barca_Kid
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wow thatis sooo cool
- 4 years ago
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Barca_Kid
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zack
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Saw this story on Modern Marvels on the history channel.
As well as the story at this link. - 4 years ago
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zack
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bucketoftruth
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Thats really really amazing.
The future is here!!!
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bucketoftruth
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pjacobs51
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Great design, storing the heated liquid so the turbines can operate at night.
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pjacobs51
