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Efficient Solar Power Using Stirling Engines

Posted by timothy on from the they-call-me-bruce dept.

tscola writes "The EE Times is reporting that the U.S. Energy department believes it can make solar collectors that generate electricity at efficiency levels that rival other methods. Instead of using photovoltaics, they want to use Stirling engines to convert the heat of the sun into electricity."

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  1. Re:Why so big scale? by Rhinobird · · Score: 4, Funny

    or a sundish shared in small community groups? Like shared water wells and such. That'd eliminate the middle man.

    You mean,like if, say, 6 dishes could power about 40 homes?

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  2. Re:Farms? by Andy_R · · Score: 4, Funny

    Here in England we are working on rain-driven turbines instead

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