NEW SOLAR POWER TECHNOLOGY IS COMING TO EUROPE, CUTTING GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS
May 1st, 2007
BY MATTHEW BRACEALTERNATIVE green energy is taking a big step forward in Europe, with the introduction of the European Union's (EU) first commercial concentrating solar power (CSP) plant. The 11 megawatt facility, near Seville in Spain, will produce electricity using more than 600 movable mirrors which follow and concentrate the sun's rays.It is the first of many CSP plants planned or being built in southern Europe and the Middle East, in response to concerns about CO2 emissions and future energy supplies.The Spanish facility, known as PS10, is the world's first ...
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