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09-22-2012, 04:31 AM
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There has been a proposal put forward to build a solar power tower in Australia which is a large solar power plant that can generate electricity much more economically than solar panels. It uses a glass house that is several kilometers in diameter and in the centre is a tall funnel tower about a kilometer high, as the air heats up under the glass house, the hot air wants to rise, so it goes up this tall funnel tower that is one kilometer high to meet up with the cold air at a higher altitude, the massive amount of air going up this funnel can run about 6 generators near it's base. Now because Australia has massive reserves of Cheap coal, I don't think this will go a head. Thailand is a net importer or energy, and because of the hot climate, I think it would benifit from a solar power plant much more than Australia, plus it would be a big tourist attraction, going up in a lift to the top, what a view from the top.
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