Terry Blanton wrote:
Solar trough developers prefer to use so-called wet cooling in which
water must be constantly be replenished to make up for evaporation.
Regulators, meanwhile, are pushing developers to use dry cooling,
which takes about 90 percent less water but is more expensive and
reduces the efficiency - and profitability of a power plant.
Ah. I thought there was a technical solution to
this problem. It would cost money but I think it
would be best to do as the regulators suggest in this case.
- Jed
