The solar thermal power startup eSolar tricked-out its field of mirrors to send a message to the nation for the 4th of July weekend. Translation: Happy (Energy) Independence Day U.S.A.
…Cute but more interesting is CSP’s eff, low cost and ability to store heat for later use or hold on while a cloud might go by and the ability to use any fuel to run it if needed or increase it’s eff.
A plant like this combined with biomass hybrid is a great combo for places like here in Fla which has clouds and lot of waste biomass. And can be made more eff as most other fossil fuel, nuke plants by putting low temp Rankine generators between the engine and the condenser allowing a much smaller condenser and in many cases, much less water needs for cooling.
Both cutting costs and increasing output/eff.
But even more cost effective, eff is having these on homes, businesses that both pay much more for electricity but could use the heat for hot water or heating. One wouldn’t have to have to buy land , HV powerlines or hire help. That is the real future of CSP, PV, wind, not big wind, solar farms as payback is in 1/2 the time.
What we need is real mass production, standard units that can just be rolled on…
The rest is here:
A Solar Salute to America (PIC)
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