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Bob Morris on Aug 10, 2010, 4:10 pm Renewable Energy World has a comprehensive overview of Concentrating Solar Power. Spain is the big player now, the US plans multi-gigawatts of CSP soon. Progress has been slow due to permits and delays, but production should be ramping up fast in the next few years. CSP uses mirrors to focus the sun on pipes [...] Bob Morris on Jan 18, 2010, 12:25 am But photovoltaic arrays can’t yet fill large electricity demands cheaply, so most of the big solar projects proposed in Arizona would operate with a technology called concentrating solar. It uses the sun’s energy to create steam that turns turbines to generate electricity, much as traditional power plants do. Water is needed to produce steam [...] Bob Morris on Oct 18, 2009, 12:57 am Sopogy will debut the world’s first concentrating solar power for rooftops at Solar Power International in Anaheim on Oct. 27. From their email press release - At 8 feet long by 2.5 feet wide, [it] is perfect for quick and easy installation by local HVAC and Plumbing professionals. SopoFlare incorporates Sopogy’s proprietary “stow [...] Tags: concentrating solar power, solar thermal, Sopogy | Category: Renewable energy, Solar power | Comments are closed | CategoriesIndependent Voter NetworkArticles by Bob Morris on California and Arizona renewable energy, budget and border issues ArchivesGet Polizeros by email | ||||
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