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To: bentway who wrote (398423)	7/13/2008 5:25:15 PM
From: Asymmetric	Respond to of 1575556

>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.