Solar Power Put to Good Use

Current Shunts writes "Teams from all over the U.S. and Canada will be competing this summer over a 2,500 mile course from Austin, Texas in the United States to Calgary Alberta Canada for the 2005 North American Solar Challenge. The purpose of this event is to promote renewable energy technologies, integrate science and engineering disciplines, and give competitors an opportunity to showcase their technical and creative abilities." At the same time, zestyalbino writes "Construction on the world's largest solar tower [RMIT] may begin next year in Mildura, Australia. In a nutshell, "An ever present large mass of air under an expansive transparent collector (seven kilometres in diameter) is heated by solar radiation (greenhouse effect) providing a continuous flow of hot air to drive electricity generating turbines located around the base of the one-kilometre tall central tower." There's also an article on Wired."

Comments

"put to good use"

[mickyflynn]

as opposed to all those evil uses for solar power?

Re:"put to good use"

[krbvroc1]

as opposed to all those evil uses for solar power?

Insects + Magnifying Glass

Good Use

[Oscar_Wilde]

Solar Power Put to Good Use

Excellent! I was getting tired of all the bad uses it is put to.

Re:Yes

[over_exposed]

If all else fails it can just be turned into the worlds largest sun dial...