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Re:World’s Largest Solar Thermal Power Plant Delivers Power ... by adrianN on Wednesday September 25, 2013 @08:02AM (#6443974)
How can it be more expensive to produce a mirror than a solar panel? This doesn't need astromony grade mirrors... Are steam turbines so expensive compared to inverters?
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Re:World’s Largest Solar Thermal Power Plant Delivers Power ... by rwmj on Wednesday September 25, 2013 @09:07AM (#6444275)
I guess it's not the mirror, but all of the motors and electronics that keep the mirror pointing in the right direction. If only the Sun didn't move around the sky, this would be very cheap!
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Re:World’s Largest Solar Thermal Power Plant Delivers Power ... by wlll on Wednesday September 25, 2013 @08:57AM (#6444224)
The cost does seem rather high, I wonder if (as a DOE funded project) contractors or suppliers were massively overcharging knowing that the money was there to do so.
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