schizoidman@lemm.ee to Green Energy@slrpnk.netEnglish · 29 days agoChina constructs world's first dual-tower solar thermal plant — and it will help generate nearly 2 billion kWh annuallywww.thecooldown.comexternal-linkmessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up171arrow-down14
arrow-up167arrow-down1external-linkChina constructs world's first dual-tower solar thermal plant — and it will help generate nearly 2 billion kWh annuallywww.thecooldown.comschizoidman@lemm.ee to Green Energy@slrpnk.netEnglish · 29 days agomessage-square20fedilink
minus-squareAntitoxic9087@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·29 days agojust thinking: why stop at 2? I suppose a grid of heat towers with mirrors beneath would provide maximum utilization of the solar radiation
minus-squaremosiacmango@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-224 days agoCost, probably. If you only have 200 million, you can’t build 500 million worth of towers. Could be transmission line limits too. Improving those can be its own project.
just thinking: why stop at 2? I suppose a grid of heat towers with mirrors beneath would provide maximum utilization of the solar radiation
Cost, probably. If you only have 200 million, you can’t build 500 million worth of towers.
Could be transmission line limits too. Improving those can be its own project.