tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19037533.post1140072718769783117..comments2014-01-01T13:32:15.399-08:00Comments on icltlfatppl: Thinking Deeply about Concentrated Solaricltlfatpplhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00269513857111909714noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19037533.post-69272089028878066802009-01-26T16:01:00.000-08:002009-01-26T16:01:00.000-08:00Great blog post. I agree 100% with people becoming...Great blog post. <BR/><BR/>I agree 100% with people becoming myopic and starting execution way to early. I am fortunate that I have been able to not succumb to that. I do my best to continuously think horizontally and vertically about problems. <BR/><BR/>I feel it's a sign of a good leader.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19037533.post-19022106328005497802008-04-28T09:46:00.000-07:002008-04-28T09:46:00.000-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.icltlfatpplhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00269513857111909714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19037533.post-33984282056629992822008-04-26T12:33:00.000-07:002008-04-26T12:33:00.000-07:00I should also note that TREC is meeting sometime t...I should also note that TREC is meeting sometime this week to discuss a solution for Europe and the Middle east. They propose to put a government coalition together, pump money into it, and get the tech implemented that way. I don't know. Call me cynical. Here's the paper:<BR/><BR/>http://www.desertec.org/downloads/articles/apollo_program.pdficltlfatpplhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00269513857111909714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19037533.post-26107472220416391022008-04-26T12:11:00.000-07:002008-04-26T12:11:00.000-07:00Some info on how the DOE and other governments are...Some info on how the DOE and other governments are handling this from <A HREF="http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://jcwinnie.biz/wordpress/imageSnag/arizona_public_service_solar_trough.gif&imgrefurl=http://jcwinnie.biz/wordpress/%3Fp%3D2016&h=398&w=475&sz=41&hl=en&start=1&tbnid=j9NjWeSkuwmyJM:&tbnh=108&tbnw=129&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dus%2Bgovernment%2Bconcentrated%2Bsolar%2Bgrant%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26sa%3DN" REL="nofollow">jcwinnie</A><BR/><BR/>With signifcant help from the U.S. Department of Energy and its National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Southern California Edison was able to demonstrate the cost effectiveness of a CSP (Concentrating Solar Power) installation competitive with traditional load-following / peaking generation. Now several other Southwestern utilities are investing in thermal solar, albeit using parabolic trough collectors.<BR/><BR/>Parabolic mirrors concentrate solar energy onto thermal receivers containing a heat transfer fluid. A heat transfer fluid is circulated and heated through the receivers, and the heat released to a series of heat exchangers. Parabolic trough solar technology thus converts sunshine into useful thermal energy and, by concentrating the heat, generate super-heated steam. The steam powers a turbine/generator to produce electricity.<BR/><BR/>There are two, parabolic trough, solar power plants located in Spain, each with 50MW capacity and one 500MW plant in Israel. (The Israeli company is building another plant3 in Spain.) Still, the United States and China are the more power hungry nations in the world and where the best, current opportunity is seen for CSP development.icltlfatpplhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00269513857111909714noreply@blogger.com