Solar thermal rollout
| This website is for showing technology rather than a news. however I'll divert a little and show some of the major development in building large solar thermal projects. | |
Tonapah solar thermalOnce finished in 2013, an added solar receiver will sit on top of the tower, collecting the reflected heat from 10,000 surrounding heliostats. The new plant will have a 15-hour storage capacity and supply enough to power 75,000 homes in Las Vegas. |
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When completed the BrightSource’s 370-megawatt facility near Las Vegas will be the world's largest. It has 300,000 mirrors. |
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100-megawatt Shams 1 power station installed by Abu Dhabi renewable energy company Masdar . In 2013 it is the largest solar thermal plant in the world. Ref |
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