Solar Energy Cheaper than Coal

[JCSSeadog]

It is progressing steadily. The first plant is in production in Needles, California. California has a lot of red tape that slows down the process. From what I understand though, the company is advancing on many fronts and hopefully we will see competetively priced solar power sooner than later.

[randommagnum]

What's the status on this thing?

[californiadude777]

Great video! Solar Power will become a great energy resource in the future! Here in Hawaii - we have lots of sun and many people are choosing wind turbines, and solar panels as a great alternative to oil, coal and natural gas! Clean energy is the future of the world! See pristinesun . com/what-we-do.html for information on how to save 20% on your electrical bill every month & get solar panels installed for free for your business or non-profit co. in any state in US! Aloha & Mahalo! AJ

[amberjacksolar]

Amazing! 

[johnson1095]

i wander if we could use these things to power the world?

it just seems like it would take up to much land though. 

[captaincough]

1000 towers = 50000 homes 1 tower = 50 homes Cool now I want to purchase a 1/4 scale size one for a cooperative effort with my neighbors.

[ClearSkiesSolar]

Time to get the world to go renewable - we believe solar is the future!

[cdltpx]

50K homes if they are the same old stupid homes currently used if they would go one step further and build energy efficient dome homes that same plant would power 150k homes. Every home should at least have solar heated water.Eventually we will get all our energy from wind hydro and solar that is for transportation too.

[pacificcresttrans]

Great video. Its encouraging to see states like Utah taking steps towards renewable energy, more so as the state has substantial fossil fuel resources. It is hoped that renewable energy like solar will gradually replace fossil fuel, and hence a cleaner environment. Pacific Crest Transformers has more information on the renewable energy sector. You can also read whitepapers and articles on alternate energy at the Pacific Crest Transformers website.

[sbeer6er]

you think besides a weight problem that glass would be more efficient?

[GaunletofDestruction]

The only way to make this economically feasible is to make sure that the cost of the production of these solar panels is dirt cheap. Also, there needs to be a constant amount of sunlight year round. My only concern would be the output efficiency of the solar panels and how much sunlight there is throughout the year to make this ultimatly economically viable.

[Punkirudeboy]

What is the difference between these and normal solar panels? I dont really understand how it works but it seems fascinating.

[Frostlander]

I wish they would stop calling it alternative energy. It's really the only good choice we have in the long run.

[JCSSeadog]

Yes. The system uses zinc batteries to store energy overnight.

[kingbleah]

does it work at night?

[GoldeWC]

This thing can save our lives and help to avoid global worming.

[starspace]

fantastic

[JCSSeadog]

IAS has just announced the construction of their first solar energy plant to be constructed in Needles, California. You can read the news story by searching the stock symbol IAUS and reading the news bulliten. Good news for the company, the economy, and for the environment.

[taghl]

I think the real "renewable" long term energy solution is to harness all the land in suburbia. For instance a "mini" version of one of these about 8-10 feet, and a mini wind turbine also about 8-10 feet in everybody's back yard or on the back of their roofs. Each house could then produce about as much energy as it would consume. We have miles of suburbs out there. I have an half acre back yard, just sitting there that has wind and sun all day long. Just imagine halfing the money with the owner.

[rosemacaskie]

If solar enery panels could shade the desert earth instead of burning it then maybe they could grow something under them.

[BillysSoloProject]

that is just great.

[trader0108]

A google search of "elevator return energy", found that modern elevator systems in tall buildings do have special drive mechanisms that generates return energy when the elevator is going down. Thus, the complete needed technology for storing residential solar energy in a special heavy-concrete-weighted energy storage elevator is already available. The "overall energy" use for tall building elevators is very small ( just the cost of resistance and inefficiency ).

[JCSSeadog]

The first full scale working prototype should be up and running in the next couple of months. Each tower will produce 50 Kilowatts. Approximately 20 towers can be erected on 1 acre of land. Roughly 1 Megawatt can be produced for every acre of land!- All cheaper than coal. This is really cool!

[haloluvver]

Here'a another video that explains how and why this concept is so simple and effective for creating electricity. This is a huge breakthrough.

Search for video uJGpbvvJA2I

[haloluvver]

So basically these are giant fresnel lenses that heat up water and then use the steam to drive a generator. What a simple but awesome concept. I've seen this done before on a small scale and it works great. Seach for video ud8JZLgNFHE here on youtube. It totally works. Sweet. It's about time a company did this on a large scale. This could be huge!

[kiteman2006]

the water is steamed in an intern circle like in all other powerplants as well...

no water need to be cleand!

[kiteman2006]

the water is heated up in an intern circle. there is no contamination of other water...

[ReisendeEuropa]

at 0:32 he mentions the steam turbines... how is the water recovered and recirculated? i would love to see more info on how these differ(other than size) from the older mirror and tower arrays

[JCSSeadog]

In answer to Coachkool1: Yes, I have gotten that question a lot. You can buy the stock through any broker or discount broker such as Scottrade or Etrade. Symbol: IAUS. It is cheap right now. Probably won't be for long. I hear the company is really close to completing their initial project. 1-3 months probably. I bought some.

[coachkool1]

Can I buy stock?

[loudogg73]

Very Interesting! I hope it takes off, this could be what we have been waiting for. An energy source that meets the need to be clean and also meets the energy needs of our nation. A great start thats for sure!!

[JCSSeadog]

To answer teleski82's question, the sun's rays are focued and magnified to super-heat molten salt, which in turn powers the bladeless jet steam turbine. This results in dramatically more energy production than any prior solar technology has been able to achieve.

[teleski82]

Something they don't address is what the solar towers are actually heating up to spin the generators. A similar technique is used with mirrors, but they heat oil for the generater. Not to mention all the moving parts of the generater and the substance to used for the generater. Photovoltaic systems have no moving part, solar rays knock the electrons around to produce energy.

[haloluvver]

What a cool and innovative concept. I checked and this company is called International Automated Systems Inc. Me likey.

[BOBKAMAN]

its the coming of relief, from expensive energy costs. once the expensive start up costs are paid, the costs diminish. this is

the emancipation of the worlds struggle to

get inexpensive energy. the world has

lots of sunshine,and it is being wasted.

in places that have no natural resources

they have lots of sunshine,places that are islands,like hawaii & japan will be helped.

places that have no electric can be helped

this is a WIN WIN SITUATION FOR MANKIND.BETTER YET NO EMISSIONS.

[subach]

So basically it's cheap plastic solar concentrators. Well someone had to come up with something better than polished bronze for solar concentrators.

[bigtex73]

going green is always a good thing. hopefully this technology will take.

[kost2coastproduction]

Awesome!