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To: combjelly who wrote (365571)	1/5/2008 1:24:09 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1577188

Thanks. It looks like its good to go: "This technology has been successfully demonstrated and is ready for commercialization. From 1994 to 1999, the Solar Two project demonstrated the ability of solar molten salt technology to provide long-term, cost effective thermal energy storage for electricity generation.", Boeing [edit] Solar Tres Main article: Solar Tres Power Tower Due to the success of Solar Two, a commercial power plant, called Solar Tres Power Tower, is being built in Spain using Solar One and Solar Two's technology for commercial electrical production of 15 MW[1]. Solar Tres will be three times larger than Solar Two with 2,493 heliostats, each with a reflective surface of 96 m². The total reflective area will be 240,000 m² (2.6 million ft²). They will be made of a highly reflective glass with metal back to cut costs by about 45%. A larger storage tank will be used giving the plant the ability to store 600 MWh, allowing the plant to run continuously during the summer. [edit] Land use issues Solar thermal power plants are big and seem to use a lot of land, but when looking at electricity output versus total size, they use less land than hydroelectric dams (including the size of the lake behind the dam) or coal plants (including the amount of land required for mining and excavation of the coal). While all power plants require land and have an environmental impact, the best locations for solar power plants are on land such as deserts, for which there might be few other uses.[2] en.wikipedia.org