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To: bentway who wrote (398423)7/13/2008 5:25:15 PM
From: Asymmetric   of 1576152
 
>Since the plants make steam and run turbines to generate electricity, they can also use NG to run the plants when the sun is down.

money.cnn.com

That is exactly the model being used by Brightsouce Energy.
A big interstate gas line that feeds the state of California
runs right by the plant they are proposing. (look at the map in
the link.) Brightsource will tap into the natural gas line to run
the plant and generate electricity when it isn't using solar power
to do so.

- A.
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