How Stuff Works: ; Concentrating Solar Collectors Catch Some Rays
Charleston Gazette › April 15, 2008
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We hear so much about carbon dioxide and global climate change, and every day it seems like the price of gasoline is rising again. You might be wondering if there is anything we can do as a society to solve these problems.
One possible answer is solar energy, and it turns out that there are some gigantic solar projects getting underway in the United States. The largest of these is a 500-megawatt plant in California. 500 megawatts is a lot of power - enough to run a small city.See the full content of this document
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How Stuff Works: ; Concentrating Solar Collectors Catch Some Rays
Why solar? Because the sun's energy is free and abundant. Each square yard of earth's surface receives about 1,000 watts of free energy on a bright sunny day. In other words,...
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