Australien: Solar Energie durch einen 480m hohen Turm
Im australischen Outback wird nun eine Solaranlage gebaut, die Solarenergie mit Turbinen in el. Energie umwandelt.So ist auf money.cnn.com zu lesen:
"The tower will be over there," Davey says, pointing to a spot a mile distant where a 1,600-foot structure will rise from the ocher-colored earth. Picture a 260-foot-diameter cylinder taller than the Sears Tower encircled by a two-mile-diameter transparent canopy at ground level. About 8 feet tall at the perimeter, where Davey has his feet planted, the solar collector will gradually slope up to a height of 50 to 60 feet at the tower's base.
Acting as a giant greenhouse, the solar collector will superheat the air with radiation from the sun. Hot air rises, naturally, and the tower will operate as a giant vacuum. As the air is sucked into the tower, it will produce wind to power an array of turbine generators clustered around the structure."
Weiterhin existiert bereits ein Prototyp in Spanien, bei welchen das deutsche Ingeneurbüro Schlaich Bergermann and Partner maßgeblich an der Entwicklung beteiligt war.
CNN-Artikel:
[http://money.cnn.com/2006/08/01/technology/towerofpower0802.biz2/]
Enviromission Ltd.:
[http://www.enviromission.com.au/project/project.htm#]
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