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Jul 17, 2012 | Posted by: roboblogger

3M & Gossamer Debut World's Largest Solar Collector

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Called the Large Aperture Trough 73, it has an aperture size of 7.3m, and a concentration factor of more than 100x, which the companies say are world benchmarks.

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Jul 18, 2012
 
Cool Water Solar Plant is where my Aunts ranch used to be.....Cool Water Ranch!
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At 275 KWH ???? Something wrong there big time. Far from largest perhaps the smallest. S.E. Calif. Has a 500 MGAKWH plant supporting their utility electrical grid. Los Vegas the same. Started with a 250MEGAKWH Plant and expanded to a 500 MGAKWH plant. Another is supplying an air force base at 500 MKWH in Nevada if I recall correctly. And that is just here in the USA. Arabs are going MEGA super on solar trough collectors that will eventually supply Europe with electricity as their oil runs out. Consider that less than 10% of the Sarah desert could produce enough energy for all European and African nations in abundance.
Regressive party of the oily black coaly toxic republicans would have us be laggards in this new energy source. Rest of the world pity the Americans and move on without them.

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