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 Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 5:31 pm Post subject: Mojave Desert Solar Park |
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This can't get online fast enough. I guess it's scheduled to start running in 2011, unless they've pushed the date back again. Maybe when people see how efficient solar energy is, the government will make it a priority. 
http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/04/10/mojave-desert-solar-power-fields/
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What confuses me a bit... In the photo, doesn't it appear that the panels are pointed in different directions? I wonder if these are automated or something? Home panels are often pointed south for best performance...
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Kate
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| Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 8:24 pm Post subject: |
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Wow, that'll be amazing once it starts running!
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| Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2008 8:43 pm Post subject: |
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Apparently, PG&E's plan isn't a solar energy project here. It's a solar thermal plant that points those mirrors at a boiler to generate steam to spin a turbine.
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Erik
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Really? Hmm, maybe I'm thinking of another Mojave Desert project then. I thought the PG&E part in the story was unfamiliar. 
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