not sure how cheap it really is...

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Adam — 5/11/2004 11:03:31 PM (archived)

Hi David

The damn thing weighs 25,000 tons just for a measly 100 MW. I'm not sure how cheap it would really be.

Then there's the cost of haulling all that sea-water into space... ;-)

Good link, David. It's good to see OTEC is still around.

Adam

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SM... new PV cell materials... - Adam - 5/10/2004 1:56:22 AM
- re: US Dept of Energy states that Solar Troughs are the lowest cost solar electricity - Success_Machine - 5/10/2004 6:30:27 PM
  - Not so. Sea Solar Power (use of ocean thermal gradient) is the cheapest way to generate electricity from the Sun. - David F Mayer - 5/11/2004 8:11:22 PM
    - Bad link. try this - David F Mayer - 5/11/2004 8:13:28 PM
      - not sure how cheap it really is... - Adam - 5/11/2004 11:03:31 PM
  - re: Solar Troughs cost breakdown - Success_Machine - 5/10/2004 7:29:49 PM
    - Don't give up on windpower. - Jacob Samorodin - 5/10/2004 8:05:54 PM
      - good for you, Jacob... - Adam - 5/10/2004 10:55:07 PM
      - re: Geoffrey Landis, Reinventing The Solar Power Satellite (New Feb.2004 Publication) - Success_Machine - 5/10/2004 8:44:24 PM
        
        how do you find this stuff... - Adam - 5/10/2004 11:04:48 PM
        
        Supersynchronous SPS... - Adam - 5/11/2004 12:22:47 AM
        
        re: Supersynchronous SPS... - Success_Machine - 5/11/2004 3:43:35 AM
        
        re: 280 GHz Microwaves - Success_Machine - 5/11/2004 6:01:46 AM
- "solar concentrator cells" require very serious heat dissipation. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 5/10/2004 5:15:20 AM
  - thermodynamics rules... OK (n/t) (n/t) - Adam - 5/10/2004 11:06:00 PM

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