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US Pays $2B To Develop Concentrating Solar Power Projects

Posted by samzenpus on from the everything-collecting-the-sun dept.

coondoggie writes "The US Department of Energy today said it was conditionally committing $2 billion to develop two concentrating solar power projects that it says will offer 500 megawatts of power combined, effectively doubling the nation's currently installed capacity of that type of power. Concentrated solar systems typically use parabolic mirrors to collect solar energy."

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  1. Mojave Solar Project details by hackertourist · · Score: 5, Informative

    Actual information about the Mojave Solar Project can be found here and here.
    The technology used in the MSP isn't entirely new (has been used in at least one other plant) but looks to be an incremental improvement.
    The plant features heat storage using molten salt, and won't be using fossil fuels as nighttime backup.

  2. Re:A link to the actual press release by BJ_Covert_Action · · Score: 4, Informative

    Yeah! It's not like NASA has any current missions that are providing valuable science to our society at all. It's nothing but a worthless jobs program!

    I don't necessarily agree or disagree with the rest of your post, but please educate yourself about the space industry before commenting on it. I'm getting really tired of correcting ignorance on what is supposed to be a News for Nerds site. Thanks.

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