THAT IS FALSE GUYS After Luz Industries' bankruptcy <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bankruptcy> in 1991 plants were sold to various investor groups as individual projects, and expansion including three more plants was halted.[*citation needed <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed>*]
Luz died But you guys make great cheerleaders, do you have pom poms? On Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 4:55 PM, Jed Rothwell <jedrothw...@gmail.com> wrote: > Jones Beene <jone...@pacbell.net> wrote: > > Actually BrightSource bought Luz and I think that it never stopped >> operations. >> > > That is correct. See: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_Energy_Generating_Systems > > 354 MW nameplate, 75 MWe actual, 21% capacity factor. Not bad for > something that peaks during peak demand. Look at the capacity factor for > other peak generators for comparison. The cost is $0.14 per kilowatt hour. > Not bad for first-generation equipment engineered in the 1980s. > > It says: "An automated washing mechanism is used to periodically clean the > parabolic reflective panels." > > - Jed > >
