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This is the Gemasolar Thermosolar Plant in Andalucía, Spain, which is a type of Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) plant. It works by reflecting sunlight off of heliostats (sun-tracking mirrors, basically) onto a tower where salts are heated. These heated salts are then used to create steam, which in turn runs a turbine that generates electricity. It is also capable of producing electricity day and night thanks to a salt storage system that can keep the turbine going for 16 hours. For more, watch this video.

Having never even heard of this type of solar power plant until just the other week, I feel like I just took a leap into a future I didn’t even know existed. My mind = blown. And not only is this a really ingenious way of harnessing solar power, the whole thing just looks incredible too. Yay for environmentally-friendly energy without it looking like a complete and utter eyesore.

The USA seems that it could learn still more from others to implement renewable energy. The swipe at the esthetics of wind generation plants is uncalled for and short sighted. After all, this might look good as a photo on the internet, but there are enough petulant, contrarian philistines who would call any sort of renewable energy generation equipment ugly. Where solar might not make sense, there are plenty of locations where wind generation would work and is as necessary.

torresolenergy.com

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