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Google working on own new mirror technology to reduce cost of building solar thermal plants
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Reuters reports that Google is investing new mirror technology with a potential to reduce the cost of building solar thermal plants by no less than a quarter or more. According to the company’s green energy specialist Bill Weihl, Google is “looking at very unusual materials for the mirrors both for the reflective surface as well as the substrate that the mirror is mounted on”.
Already back in 2007 Google announced its wish to contribute to the research related to the production of affordable renewable energy. To achieve that goal the company has been focusing on solar thermal technology, where the sun’s energy is the main power source used to heat up a substance that produces steam used to turn a turbine. The mirrors in this kind of technology focus the sun’s rays on the heated substance. Read the full article here
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