To: 3_if_by_Treason
Barstow Solar One Actually in Daggett, California (but even less people know where that is, about 10 miles east of Barstow) and unless your picture is 20 years old, it is of Solar Two. The same facility but after it was redesigned after 4~5 years of operation it was also renamed.
Solar One was built in 1981. Two and a half decades later and with all the advances in technology, it is still 3 times as expensive as conventional generation consuming fuel.
9 posted on
05/03/2007 5:28:11 AM PDT by
thackney
(life is fragile, handle with prayer)
To: thackney
Yes I've been by this facility just east of Barstow on I-40 many times over many years. I thought I'd keep it light and just slap an old but clear photo up showing an early version of the Spain type design.....mirrors focusing rays on a target that is used to generate steam power one way or another.
There's lots to be learned here from the good old "try, fail, learn; repeat as necessary model of problem solving.
10 posted on
05/03/2007 5:41:57 AM PDT by
3_if_by_Treason
(Life is a series of lessons: Sometimes you're the student, and sometimes you're the teacher.)
To: thackney
it is still 3 times as expensive as conventional generation consuming fuel. All it will take is $180/Gallon oil (and free real estate) to make in competitive. I can hardly wait.
13 posted on
05/03/2007 5:56:29 AM PDT by
Lonesome in Massachussets
("We will have peace with the Arabs when they love their children more than they hate us.")
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