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    • How Mirrors Could Power the Planet... and Prevent Wars!

    Concentrated solar power is produced using a large amount of mirrors which are angled to reflect the sunlight onto a large solar receiver. Aside from being clean energy, one of the most promising advantages of CSP is that it can generate transportable energy for use far beyond where it was harvested. The idea of concentrated solar power isn’t new — the first commercial plant was developed in the 1960s. But a company called Heliogen has found a way to make the process of reflecting and storing sunlight much more accurate and efficient. And soon, it might be more cost-effective than fossil fuels. If adopted globally, this could lead to a hard reset in the manufacturing industry, not to mention prevent wars over oil and mitigate climate pollution.




    When most people think of solar power, they picture rows and rows of photovoltaic solar panels on the roof of a building. But photovoltaic power is terribly inefficient — the mining and refining of the elements required for daily human life are incredibly costly to the environment.

    Fortunately, there are much greener ways to harness sunlight for electricity, and concentrated solar power is one of them. Concentrated solar power is produced using a large amount of revolving mirrors called heliostats which are placed in a relatively flat area that receives a great deal of sunlight.

    The mirrors are angled to reflect the sunlight onto a large solar receiver. Aside from being clean energy, one of the most promising advantages of concentrated solar power is that it can generate energy for use far beyond where it was harvested.

    The idea of concentrated solar power isn’t particularly new — the first commercial plant was developed in the 1960s. But in the past, it wasn’t cheap enough to implement on a massive scale. Thanks to advancements in technology, that could be changing soon.

    • How Concentrated Solar Power Could Fuel the World
    If this energy source has so much potential, why isn’t it more mainstream? The answer lies in the simple fact that fossil fuels are still cheaper. For now, at least. A growing company attempting to produce concentrated solar power at scale, to the point that it’s more cost-effective than fossil fuels. If successful, it could revolutionize the energy sector as we know it.

    Founded by serial entrepreneur Bill Gross, Heliogen is seeking to completely replace fossil fuels with solar thermal energy. What makes the company unique? It’s making the process of reflecting and storing sunlight more predictable, controllable, and streamlined. Previously, CSP companies were able to generate heat anywhere from 400 to 500 degrees centigrade. Heliogen has more than doubled that output.

    They’ve created a solar thermal system that’s capable of producing temperatures up to 1,500 degrees centigrade. The Heliogen team found a way to use machine learning to get the angle of the mirrors as precise as possible, down to a twentieth of a degree.
    In short, Heliogen uses cameras to monitor the mirrors in the field, particularly, how the color of the sky appears in the mirrors. Based on the appearance of the sky, Heliogen’s AI decides how to best position the mirrors to get the maximum amount of sunlight reflected.


    Once the mirrors are in the optimal position for reflecting sunlight, all of the collected heat gets funneled down an insulated steel tube to a bed of rocks. The rocks can store and retain heat as thermal energy well after the sun sets. Heliogen uses that energy like batteries to power industrial processes, or to split water and create hydrogen, which can be refined into a carbon-free fuel.

    Heliogen has an award-winning test facility in Lancaster, California with 400 heliostat mirrors, but eventually plans to build a system with 40,000 mirrors. “To power the earth, we need to cover hundreds of square miles,” Gross explains. “But covering hundreds of square miles needs to be done cost effectively.”

    The construction of this giant sunlight refinery will be highly automated, with robotic tractors to place the heliostat foundations and set the mirrors efficiently. “Beating the price of fossil fuels is the only thing that matters,” says Gross. “If we can be even a fraction of a cent cheaper than fossil fuels, the world will adopt this at scale.”

    If adopted globally, concentrated solar power could make major waves in the manufacturing industry, not to mention prevent wars over oil and mitigate climate pollution. If we can eliminate our reliance on fossil fuels, humanity’s carbon footprint would be drastically smaller.

    Gross’ dream is to have thousands of sunlight refineries across the southwest United States, Australia, and the Middle East-North Africa region by the end of the decade. If he can pull it off, the way we consume energy would be changed forever.

    • Heliogen is fueling the future by unlocking the power of sunlight #FuelTheFuture:
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    Default Re: How Mirrors Could Power the Planet... and Prevent Wars!

    Really interesting & looks better than solar panels.

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    Default Re: How Mirrors Could Power the Planet... and Prevent Wars!

    They are being built all over the world now, work in progress but it’s an exciting news



    Ladakh will soon be home to worlds largest solar plant

    ....


    I’ve always wondered if some of the pyramid projects in Egypt were built will similar intent - collecting solar power. Imagine that every stone of the surface would be covered by thin golden plate, for example. It would probably turn the pyramid to huge photovoltaic battery ( if the technology was known to them).

    Perhaps their “projects” were never completed or the golden plates were inevitably stolen of all things the first - could be the same with many ancient temples and stupas lost in time.

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    Default Re: How Mirrors Could Power the Planet... and Prevent Wars!

    the answers are there. they have been there in different forms for a long time. but they dont want the answers. they want control

    But very cool!!!

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    There are always trade-offs. Wind-farms and these 'concentrated solar power' array's both take up huge swaths of land. Both have a negative impact on the ecology of the land they are situated on. And both wind-farms and these CSP arrays kill many thousands of birds a year.

    I'm not saying we should turn our back on these technologies, I'm just saying we should understand that these technologies bring with them their own environmental drawbacks as well.
    I am enlightened, ............ Oh wait. That's just the police shining their spotlights on me.

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    Quote Posted by Orph (here)
    There are always trade-offs. Wind-farms and these 'concentrated solar power' array's both take up huge swaths of land. Both have a negative impact on the ecology of the land they are situated on. And both wind-farms and these CSP arrays kill many thousands of birds a year.

    I'm not saying we should turn our back on these technologies, I'm just saying we should understand that these technologies bring with them their own environmental drawbacks as well.
    Sure. But i dont think sacrificing a few 100 sq miles of desert land is even a blip in negativity compared to the positives. Scorpion lives matter! lol

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    Default Re: How Mirrors Could Power the Planet... and Prevent Wars!

    I think of solar roof tops as one of the best custom made solutions, that may be only partial solution but yet.

    If there is “central power station” of any kind it still requires wires to bring power to households. Wires are further disadvantage as almost 30-70% of energy gets lost in the wire transfer. And all the effort and investment to the wire technology can be ginormous in difficult terrains and prone to damage.

    Decentralisation of power and individual sovereignty are important.

    Everyone could learn by themselves, how much energy they need, consume etc.


    All the smartphones, tablets and computers we use could be likewise powered by solar battery quite easily. I’ve seen just about two models with solar charger in the back in the tech shops so far, other than external solar chargers.

    Sure the companies investing millions to dangerous lithium-ion batteries could think better.

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    Lightbulb Re: How Mirrors Could Power the Planet... and Prevent Wars!

    • Regular very cheap rock/stones staying very hot for at least week to boil water and produce clean energy 24/7 day & night when the Sun is not shining.
    • Inexpensive rocks works like a battery (storage of energy) perfectly and can be recharged forever without harming the environment and most important: absolutely no waste products!


    All the so called "social types" the "people who care for third world countries" etc. etc. can demand that this will be build everywhere solving much more problems than anything else ...

    Sadly enough most have no clue because as they are used as tools (useful idiots) for focusing only on the daily: "Woke Madness", BLM Neo-Marxism, co-creating extreme debts (spending trillions abroad) and exploiting artificial created fake 'crisis' using any excuse like (Covid19 & Climate Hysteria) to push for even more government Debt = more Taxes & Tyranny.

    More insane new unconstitutional laws, regulations & incentives PLUS blatant increasing Mass Censorship Agenda (a.o. restricting internet access using mandatory Biometrics ID is coming too) all to keep the cycle of control going perpetual.

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