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China constructs world's first dual-tower solar thermal plant — and it will help generate nearly 2 billion kWh annually (www.thecooldown.com)
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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

just thinking: why stop at 2? I suppose a grid of heat towers with mirrors beneath would provide maximum utilization of the solar radiation

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Cost, probably. If you only have 200 million, you can't build 500 million worth of towers.

Could be transmission line limits too. Improving those can be its own project.