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Solar Tower To Be Built

Mar 13, 08 07:30 PM PDT

Solar Tower To Be Built

Sener from Spain and Abu Dhabi's clean-energy initiative, Masdar, have come together to construct a fair number of solar-powered plants that will generate 320 megawatts over the next 5 years, and hitting an impressive 1,000 megawatts within 10 years' time. One of the designs involves a solar receiver tower right smack in Abu Dhabi, featuring an array of mirrors mounted on the ground that will reflect light to the top of a tower in order to create steam. This steam will then power an electricity turbine to send power to the rest of the population.

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By Eric , 14/03/08 7:17 AM (CommentID #556747)


"1000 megawatts within 10 years". This is about the same power as one single nuclear reactor. A nuclear power plant usually has 2 to 6 reactors. Just to put things in perspective... Solar is cool but we'd better start building faster :-(

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