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Stirling Energy Systems utility solar - 20-year purchase agreement between Southern California Edison and Stirling Energy Systems, Inc. will result in 20,000+ dish array covering 4,500 acres capable of generating 500 MW, at a cost competitive to grid power. | Stirling Energy Systems utility solar - 20-year purchase agreement between Southern California Edison and Stirling Energy Systems, Inc. will result in 20,000+ dish array covering 4,500 acres capable of generating 500 MW, at a cost competitive to grid power. 37 foot diameter dishes. Each dish yields 25 kW. Nice. pi*18^2= 1074 sq feet, or exactly 100 square meters. 25% efficiency for the most advanced Stirling engine. | ||
This is 100 kW/acre. Our calculations indicate 4 mW/acre, at 5%, 200 kW/acre. 50% fill factor, 100 kW/acre. | |||
kWhr data for KC and others : http://rredc.nrel.gov/solar/old_data/nsrdb/redbook/sum2/03947.txt avg about 6 kWhr/m2/day. | |||
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Feasibility Study
We must go through a basic feasibility study to understand the importance and potential of solar concentrator power, especially as applied to solar concentrator electric power. Our boundary layer turbine
http://peswiki.com/index.php/Congress:Top_100_Technologies_--_RD#Top_100
Tamera has hot oil system in place - http://www.solarpowervillage.info/
http://peswiki.com/index.php/Congress:Top_100_Technologies_--_RD#Top_100 says:
Stirling Energy Systems utility solar - 20-year purchase agreement between Southern California Edison and Stirling Energy Systems, Inc. will result in 20,000+ dish array covering 4,500 acres capable of generating 500 MW, at a cost competitive to grid power. 37 foot diameter dishes. Each dish yields 25 kW. Nice. pi*18^2= 1074 sq feet, or exactly 100 square meters. 25% efficiency for the most advanced Stirling engine.
This is 100 kW/acre. Our calculations indicate 4 mW/acre, at 5%, 200 kW/acre. 50% fill factor, 100 kW/acre.
kWhr data for KC and others : http://rredc.nrel.gov/solar/old_data/nsrdb/redbook/sum2/03947.txt avg about 6 kWhr/m2/day.