Spanish Solar Tower could eventually power an entire city


	Spanish Solar Tower could eventually power an entire city

Mikez

5-4-2007 7:54 PM

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solar energy, solar power, global warming, mirrors, spain, sunlight

Mikez says:

I'd like one of those mirrors and a mini-tower to power my home

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Just last month we witnessed a gigantic skyscraper / solar tower hybrid that generates a whopping <A href="http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/21/uks-cis-solar-tower-garners-390-kilowatts-from-the-sun/">390-kilowatts of energy</A>, but even that looks like child's play compared to the 40-story solar power plant that resides in Spain. The expansive system consists of a towering concrete building, a field of 600 (and growing) <A href="http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/15/portasol-solar-tracker-continuously-faces-the-sun/">sun-tracking mirrors</A> that are each 120-square meters in size, and a receiver that converts concentrated solar energy from the heliostats into steam that eventually drives the turbines. Currently, only one field of mirrors is up and running, but even that produces enough power to energize 6,000 homes, and the creators are hoping to see the entire population of Seville (600,000 folks) taken care of solely from <A href="http://www.engadget.com/tag/solar">sunlight</A>. So if you're eager to see what's likely the greenest solar power plant currently operating, be sure to slip on some shades, tag the read link, and peep the video.</DIV></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/7CB24AD8-4296-493D-B564-6F6BAC50C3B8/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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