Dude, You believe too much in glossy greeny weenie advertising. Six months ago they were using farm tractors at their first installation. I guess they must have had a huge leap in technology. Maybe theyhave been communicating with crop circles
On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 10:12 AM, Jed Rothwell <jedrothw...@gmail.com>wrote: > ChemE Stewart <cheme...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >> They really need your robots for washing Jed. > > > I am pretty sure they will use robots! I can't imagine anyone planning a > project of this nature in 2012 without robots. > > > >> Otherwise I was guessing about 50 tractors/fuel required full time to >> keep them all washed each month not to mention where you are going to get >> all the water > > > It takes 0.03 gallons of water per kilowatt-hour. Most of that is for > cleaning the mirrors. That is a lot less than other generator types (solar > and conventional). See the PDF document: > > "Low Water Use: BrightSource’s solar tower technology uses up to 95% less > water than competing wet cooled solar thermal plants by employing a > dry-cooling process, which uses air instead of water to condense steam. The > steam production cycle is a closed loop system, with all water recycled > back into the system, while general conservation measures help to further > reduce water usage. The water consumed on the project is for cleaning the > mirrors, much like a PV plant of similar size." > > - Jed > >
