Green Options » solar dish power http://greenoptions.com/tag/solar-dish-power Posts tagged 'solar dish power' Mon, 05 Nov 2007 20:44:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Solar Power to Electrify Remote Australian Town http://planetsave.com/blog/2007/11/05/solar-power-to-electrify-remote-australian-town/ http://planetsave.com/blog/2007/11/05/solar-power-to-electrify-remote-australian-town/#comments Mon, 05 Nov 2007 20:44:23 +0000 Max Lindberg http://planetsave.com/blog/2007/11/05/solar-power-to-electrify-remote-australian-town/ aussie.jpgIt’s sunny and hot in Cloncurry, Australia, so much so that the Queensland government is planning construction of a $7 million solar thermal power station to provide the community of under 5000 with 24 hour a day electricity.

Anna Bligh, the Premier of Queensland, announced the town will be powered by a 10-megawatt plant using 8000 mirrors to reflect sunlight onto graphite blocks. Water will be pumped through the blocks creating steam which will power a turbine electricity generator. According to the news source the amount of water used to generate the steam is no more than the amount of rainfall the area receives in a year.

The plan will deliver about 30 million kilowatt hours of electricity a year, enough to provide electricity for the community 24 hours a day. If all goes as planned, the small town will be buzzing with electricity by 2010.

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