Solar without the Panels

Utilities are using the sun's heat to boil water for steam turbines.

This month, in the latest in a string of recent deals, Spanish solar-plant developer Abengoa Solar and Phoenix-based utility Arizona Public Service announced a 280-megawatt solar thermal project in Arizona. By contrast, the world's largest installations of photovoltaics generate only 20 megawatts of power. Full Story »

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Joel Kulenkamp
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by Joel Kulenkamp - Oct. 1, 2008

This is very intriguing; the ever-present proverbial "better mousetrap"--or, in this case, solar-energy trap!

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