<![CDATA[Grist - Comment Feed for In solar biz, simple and cheap are keys to success]]> Grist Comment Feed en Comment #1 by Delay And Deny http://www.grist.org/article/2009-05-14-skyline-concentrated-solar/ Fri, 15 May 2009 00:53:25 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/2009-05-14-skyline-concentrated-solar/1 Any solar source that can generate H2 without CO2 can plug into the Hydronet.

The Hydronet is the Internet of the 21st century.


Real business success will come from trading in the H2 commodity in a loosely coupled fashion.

 

 


]]> Any solar source that can generate H2 without CO2 can plug into the Hydronet.

The Hydronet is the Internet of the 21st century.


Real business success will come from trading in the H2 commodity in a loosely coupled fashion.

 

 


]]> Comment #2 by Tyler Durden http://www.grist.org/article/2009-05-14-skyline-concentrated-solar/ Fri, 15 May 2009 01:03:46 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/2009-05-14-skyline-concentrated-solar/2 As the saying goes, ask the wrong question, get the wrong answer.  An increasing number of newly awakened people, including self-described conservatives, have come to the realization that what we need is a significant reduction in consumption (for numerous reasons, not just environmental ones).  And bigger is not better, it's almost always worse.


More massive power plants of any kind are just another form of environmental destruction.  Solar panels on rooftops and wind generators in backyards and parking lots, along with reduced consumption, will be the way environmental harms are really reduced.  Destroying more land by building stuff like this will just cause more harm.


]]> As the saying goes, ask the wrong question, get the wrong answer.  An increasing number of newly awakened people, including self-described conservatives, have come to the realization that what we need is a significant reduction in consumption (for numerous reasons, not just environmental ones).  And bigger is not better, it's almost always worse.


More massive power plants of any kind are just another form of environmental destruction.  Solar panels on rooftops and wind generators in backyards and parking lots, along with reduced consumption, will be the way environmental harms are really reduced.  Destroying more land by building stuff like this will just cause more harm.


]]> Comment #3 by amazingdrx http://www.grist.org/article/2009-05-14-skyline-concentrated-solar/ Tue, 19 May 2009 22:04:03 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/2009-05-14-skyline-concentrated-solar/3 Great article Todd! this really is the kind of technology that will work, they need to cool these with liquid and collect the waste heat.  Solar cogeneration adds efficiency.

10 sun concentrating collectors have reached 38% efficiecy in NREL testing.  triple the power output per area of collector with 1/10nth the silicon, that is a winning combination if it can be done practcally.

There is a better way, that adds cogeneration for water heating and mounts behind windows, or under glazing mounted on a roof.  thi needs minmal tracking and can be firther enganced with solar tracking mirrors reflecting extra solar power opn the collector.

http://amazngdrx.blogharbor.com/blog

 

]]> Great article Todd! this really is the kind of technology that will work, they need to cool these with liquid and collect the waste heat.  Solar cogeneration adds efficiency.

10 sun concentrating collectors have reached 38% efficiecy in NREL testing.  triple the power output per area of collector with 1/10nth the silicon, that is a winning combination if it can be done practcally.

There is a better way, that adds cogeneration for water heating and mounts behind windows, or under glazing mounted on a roof.  thi needs minmal tracking and can be firther enganced with solar tracking mirrors reflecting extra solar power opn the collector.

http://amazngdrx.blogharbor.com/blog

 

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