737 million dollars, will see the US taxpayer will probably never be. So much money then US had given to Secretary of energy Steven Chu in the company solar reserve for the construction of Crescent Dunes, in the Form of loan guarantees. The huge solar power plant a was the promised profits. Now, the majority of the tax money is likely to be gone.
Who visited Crescent Dunes in the Nevada desert, is likely to still be impressed. In concentric circles 10.347 mirror series a like a skyscraper in the grace tower in the middle. The is filled with a special salt mixture, the concentrated solar radiation is heated by the mirror melts, the tower falls and in the Base water to be heated, driven with the turn to wind turbines.
the power plant could also create solar powerTheoretically, the Crescent Dunes would have generated enough electricity to power the nearby big city of Sparks with its 100,000 inhabitants. The big advantage: The heat energy in the molten salt, a certain amount of time to save. The power plant cannot generate electricity when the sun is not shining.
electricity from the desert power plant is much> too expensive