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Thermal Solar Plant To Be Erected In Australia
connect4 writes: "An article from the bulletin explaining a plan to erect a 1km high solar convection wind turbine in outback Victoria - the worlds tallest construction. Projected output per tower: 200MW. Cost to build: A$670m. Footprint of tower: 20sq km
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It's not like there's a lack of space to put these things. I mean, if you turned Quazi into one large solar panel, Australia would finally be able to gold-plate its mighty koalas! Gold Koalas for all!
God, I gotta stop with this Foster's.
Projected output per tower: 200MW. Cost to build: A$670m. Footprint of tower: 20sq km. Look on the face of Trolls when they see "erect" in a /. headline: Priceless.
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Siggy, siggy, siggy, can't you see? Sometimes your puns just irritate me.
Nice idea, but since the whole structure is nothing but a chimney you'll need some very storm-resistant tomatoes for that greenhouse ;)
woof.
Or is that, "The only good Flashimation is a dead Flashimation." I have trouble remembering.
It would be easier to build a machine that collects and processes the sweat of the nervous investors on this project...
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Let me give you the lowdown
the Lions and other African animals being released on the new preserve in the Outback? Or, will they be used to protect it? Won't they get sucked up into this thing? I really don't want to see shredded lion and elephant meat spewing out of this thing like a fountain.
Considering Australia's size and geography, I'm surprise solar power isn't implemented on a wider scale.
Because the sun goes down.
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> Considering Australia's size and geography, I'm surprise solar power isn't implemented on a wider scale.
Because the sun goes down.
Kind of a shame they got rid of the British Empire, really.
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Those people were idiots. Solar cells are generally around 12% efficent. On a bright clear day you can expect about 1000 watts per square meter to hit the cell, at 12% efficency that's 120 watts.
7 km^2 is 7000000 m^2.
Multiply that by 120 watts and you get 840 megawatts, or about as much power as an average gas plant.
Of course that doesn't even begin to go into the transmission losses...
I read the internet for the articles.
This is actually one of the best idea's ive heard in a while. I mean, sure, all the energy combined from the treadmills, bikes and rowing machines at a large sized gym would probably only be enough power to power up the computer at the front desk of that gym, but hell, how cool would that be?
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Turbines, dude! Only way to get your props!
- Have a picture