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SPAIN's mirrors, solar panels and steam driven turbines
While at the hairdresser this weekend I read about a really interesting thermoelectric solar power plant which is being built in Spain.
The project produces electricity with 624 large movable mirrors called heliostats. Each of the mirrors has a surface measuring 120 square meters (1,290 square feet) that concentrates the Sun's rays to the top of a 115 meter (377 foot) high water tower where a solar receiver and a steam turbine are located. The turbine drives a generator, producing electricity.
What a great idea... using mirrors to concentrate solar energy!
Read more about it at:
http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/mar2007/2007-03-30-02.asp
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