http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/solar-power-towers-california/
Secretary of Interior, Ken Salazar, has approved a solar tower project estimated to generate 370 megawatts of clear energy and 1100 employment opportunities. Expected to be finished in 2013, the project uses mirror fields directing light from all angles to a tower. The tower contains solar boilers, which are heated from the redirected sunlight. The steam from the boilers drives a turbine, producing electricity.
So far, this project, operated by the Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System, is the only project that will benefit all parties. This single project is part of a larger effort by the Administration to help build a clean energy economy, expected to generate approximately 1124 megawatts of clean energy. That energy has the ability to light between 337000 and 843000 houses. The use of clean energy projects also reduces the production of carbon dioxide by other means of generating electricity.
The Solar Tower project is arranged to occupy 7300 mitigation acres of the Mojave Desert in Southern California. However, the overseeing company has to abide by state rules such as the US Fish and Wildlife Services plan by testing desert tortoises for diseases, monitoring and relocating them for their safety.
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If California and other sunny locations could efficiently use sunlight as a clean source of energy without disturbing the local environment, hen this project should not only be largely funded, but distributed across the globe if successful.
ReplyDeleteIt's great to finally see some initiative behind the solar power movement. California is setting the example for a nationwide shift to more sustainable power sources. Hopefully this won't be an isolated case, I'd like to see solar energy becoming more prevalent in Texas.
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