EuroDish 10 kWe dish Stirling generator Milan - http://www.solarthermalpower.it

http://www.solarthermalpower.it - EuroDish 10 kWe dish Stirling generator in operation since 2002 at CESI RICERCA Milan Italy

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Concentrating
• Solar
• Power
• solar
• energy
• dish
• Stirling
• Milan

[bigrobnz]

This will change the world, I"m telling ya!!

[toamaori]

No! the Sun has been around since the 1800s bwahahaha

[cyberlord64]

@tuzmor true communism can't exist because it requires of everyone to have the exact same goals, expectations and lifestyles. That simply can't happen (unless of course you brainwash people somehow which in turn takes away the very concept of democracy). Also communism doesn't mean that the government will work for you. In a communist society you would have to build 100 of these before the government would give 1 to you. You have more chances building your own TODAY in the comfort of your home.

[tuzmor]

@cyberlord64 Not only you have no idea what communism is, but you are also unaware that communism was never actually put into practice. In the real world, oligarchs implemented their version of communism.

[mastertune]

now this tech cost about 6000€/KW with 30% efficiency... price go down to 4000€/KW if you buy a system 3MW (3000KW of peak) or above...

In south Europe, one KW of peak power installed can produce 1200KWh for year

In desertic region of north Africa it could reach 2000KWh/year.

Definitely is yet too expensive... maximum price should be 1500€/KW to be attractive.

[ERROR433]

@aloisgault  give a link please and the price.. and how much do those dishes produce ?

[aloisgault]

UPDATE: Megawatt size plants have been built in California USA using these with about a 30% efficiency rate.

[2009mechanic]

Only 19 percent efficient ?

Why such a low efficiency with a sterling cycle unit ?

Concentrated parabolic solar concentrators combined with sterling cycle should be better efficiency than that.

Perhaps they are not considering the waste heat that they don't use and possibly could.

[uggligr]

@cyberlord64, this mission does not require a manned launch. You are using an incorrect figure for launch costs. Also, waste can be separated and will have considerably less mass to launch.

Actually, the only waste for consideration for launching into space would be weapons grade material and it would be better to burn that in specially designed reactors and get something out of it.

Solar power satellites would be the best solution but I can't argue strawman launch costs. Google, OK?

[cyberlord64]

@tuzmor cause comunism didn't work out that well in the past

[cyberlord64]

@uggligr A 1000 MWe light water reactor uses about 25 tonnes of enriched uranium a year and the cost of lifting a metric tonn in space (the lowest possible) is 120.000.000$. so annually you would require at least 3.000.000.000$ to get rid of the waste of only one reactor. however the success rate of space launches is 98% so every 3-5 years you would have one launch failure which would resault to massive radiation pollution.