Spanish solar tower could eventually power an entire city

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via engadget



Just last month we witnessed a gigantic skyscraper / solar tower hybrid that generates a whopping 390-kilowatts of energy, 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) sun-tracking mirrors 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 sunlight. 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.

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[VampDude]

Cool, at the moment that electricity is expensive thou...


...They should put one of those on a platform in some ocean and have the sun reflect from mirrors to it so they could power other things like oil rigs (which use electricity)

[Ecacophonix]

I'm a big fan of solar energy, and these kinds of solar energy implementations make me really glad

My main work is in producing oil from algae, but well, that is derived from solar energy as well, isn't it?

NS @ Oilgae - Oil from Algae