Group: alt.energy.renewable
From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Roland_M=F6sl?=
Date: Friday, February 22, 2008 1:30 AM
Subject: Re: Solar thermal plant in Arizona

"Rob Dekker" schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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> "Mauried" wrote in message
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>> On Thu, 21 Feb 2008 13:54:48 -0800, "Rob Dekker"

> And what happened to the 40% efficient Stirling engine plants ? Arn't
> these cheaper than $3/Watt in investment cost ?
> And wasn't there an NREL report with similar good outlooks for upgraded
> (larger scale) solar thermal plants ?

You have always to calculate the whole chain of losses.

mirror
conversion into heat

only after this 2 initial losses, the conversion engine
heat to electric power is placed


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