Solar Tower - EnviroMission reduces green house CO2 emission

EnviroMission, Ltd. (www.enviromission.com.au; US Stock Market: EVOMY, Australian Stock Exchange: EVM) is a renewable energy developer of sustainable "green" energy solutions for the energy market. EnviroMission aims to be one of Australia's leading producers of clean renewable energy. EnviroMission holds the proprietary rights to Solar Tower technology, a large-scale renewable energy technology based on simple fundamentals of physics -- hot air rises. Solar Tower technology has the potential to offer competitive renewable energy with equal reliability to fossil fuel generators.

A single 200MW Solar Tower power station will provide enough electricity to power around 400,000 households. The energy output will represent an annual saving of more than 1,960,000 tonnes of greenhouse CO2 gases from entering the environment when compared to brown coal emissions in Victoria. The greenhouse savings equate to the removal of approximately 500,000 cars from the road. The Australian Solar Tower project consists of six distinct phases, the first two of which (project optimization and pre-feasibility commercialization) have already been completed. The third phase (final feasibility), paving the way for the implementation of the next three phases (final design, construction, and commercial operation).

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[Brett Rodli]

EnviroMission via press release "EnviroMission Solar Tower Project Financial Commitment". EVM has received a formal commitment to provide the entire development and construction capital for EVM's first solar tower power station being developed in La Paz county Arizona to deliver the terms of a power purchase agreement with the SCCPA.

The financing is subject to the due diligence and the acceptance of related banking instruments by EVM's legal adivsors and bankers..."100% pure equity".

[Brett Rodli]

Google search EnviroMission

[Silviu Enache]

where can i find more informations about this project? I have to write a paper about this technology.I would be grateful if someone could answer

[William Hannon]

3000 feet tall for a measly 200 MW? I'll pass.

[SuperDogbrown]

brilliant video

[renewblah]

... and on the roof of the lower part can be fitted with solar panels.

[Brett Rodli]

BTW, if you haven't seen the Discovery Channel segment on EVM, you may want to take a look at it. The animation of the tower helps create a visual perspective, despite the filming taking place in Australia.

[Brett Rodli]

The height of the tower provides greater velocity for airflow through the turbines. The original plan created a decade or so ago called for a very tall tower for optimum performance. EnviroMission has indicated in past press releases that the designs for the tower have a reduced height. For perspective, commercial building heights are increasing. The Burj in Dubai is 2,722 feet tall (829m).

[AwsomenessDefined]

but why does it have to be that tall

[Brett Rodli]

The difference in temperature from the base to the top creates a natural air flow with enough air speed to "spin" the turbines at the base of the tower, creating energy.