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NNadir

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Fri Nov-26-04 01:22 AM
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8. Parabolic mirror type solar plants use molten salts to achieve

temperatures of up to 550C.

http://reslab.com.au/resfiles/hightemp/text.html

This solar plant in California operates at 350 C inlet temperature:

http://www.solarmillennium.de/pdf/TechDescripParabTrough.pdf

The California plant has a rated capacity of 105MWe, which is comparable to 1/5 the output of the Glen Canyon Dam when the thing has water in it, and 1/10 the output of a nuclear power plant running flat out.

I don't the plant's cost, but once it is amortized, I expect that it will run very cheaply indeed.

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