dhfenton wrote:My understanding of this is that the technology is very sound; but the cost seems prohibitive.
Perhaps it will resurrect itself if the peak does arrive.
strider3700 wrote:People are going to have to learn that the days of Massive projects are quickly coming to an end. We won't be building any more 100+ floor buildings, there will be no more dam's that flood as far as the eye can see, there will be no gigawatt sized powerplants.
Jonathan_Hoag wrote:strider3700 wrote:People are going to have to learn that the days of Massive projects are quickly coming to an end. We won't be building any more 100+ floor buildings, there will be no more dam's that flood as far as the eye can see, there will be no gigawatt sized powerplants.
I hate to disappoint you, but yes, we will continue to build big stuff.
Solar tower is not shit because it is big. It is shit because it is too big for meager output (200 MW). If it was a 2 GW plant it would have been built.
ubercynicmeister wrote:Number of hours in a year: 24 hours per day x 365.25 days in the year = 1,472,688 hours in a year.
ubercynicmeister wrote:1,472,688 x Aus$24,659.60 = Aus$36,315,897,004.80 income per annum.
Aedo wrote:ubercynicmeister wrote:Number of hours in a year: 24 hours per day x 365.25 days in the year = 1,472,688 hours in a year.
I thought that in Australia there are only 8,766 hours per year
Aedo wrote:ubercynicmeister wrote:Number of hours in a year: 24 hours per day x 365.25 days in the year = 1,472,688 hours in a year.
I thought that in Australia there are only 8,766 hours per yearubercynicmeister wrote:1,472,688 x Aus$24,659.60 = Aus$36,315,897,004.80 income per annum.
So the maximum potential income is actually 8,766 x Aus$24,659.60 = A$216M pa.
Still makes for a very long payback...
rogerhb wrote:Aedo wrote:ubercynicmeister wrote:Number of hours in a year: 24 hours per day x 365.25 days in the year = 1,472,688 hours in a year.
I thought that in Australia there are only 8,766 hours per year
But Australia is so big and has so much sunshine that you can consider that it has 4032 hours in a day
ubercynicmeister wrote:Well, if one asks anyone in a the modern workplace, the Yuppie Executives all think there are 4032 hours in a day. At least that's what they want thier employees to work.
rogerhb wrote:ubercynicmeister wrote:Well, if one asks anyone in a the modern workplace, the Yuppie Executives all think there are 4032 hours in a day. At least that's what they want thier employees to work.
Forget this salary lark, I want an hourly rate!
oilfreeandhappy wrote:I read about this same concept from a different source:
http://www.pennysleuth.com/issues/08.02.06.html
That's quite a footprint at 25,000 acres. The funnel is made out of plastic pieces. I wonder how it will hold up against heavy winds and very inclement weather.
By that, I mean that a Solar Tower with a tube five times as long isn't five times as powerful. No, it's 4,000 times more powerful.
eric_b wrote:
Likely just a cute investor boondoggle.
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