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:"Locally manufactured [[solar concentrators]] made of steel and glass focus sunlight to boil water, generating high-pressure steam that drives conventional turbine generators. New thermal energy storage systems using pressurized water and low cost materials will provide for on-demand generation day and night."<ref name=solar /> |
:"Locally manufactured [[solar concentrators]] made of steel and glass focus sunlight to boil water, generating high-pressure steam that drives conventional turbine generators. New thermal energy storage systems using pressurized water and low cost materials will provide for on-demand generation day and night."<ref name=solar /> |
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Ausra has recently secured more than $40 million in funding from [[Silicon Valley]] venture capital firms [[Khosla Ventures]] and [[Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers]].<ref name=solar /> |
solar thermal power plant and so is capable of significantly reducing global carbon emissions normally associated with electricity generation. Ausra has recently secured more than $40 million in funding from [[Silicon Valley]] venture capital firms [[Khosla Ventures]] and [[Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers]].<ref name=solar /> |
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Revision as of 00:25, 3 November 2007
Ausra Inc., developer of large-scale solar thermal power technology, has assembled a team of solar power researchers, power project developers and financiers to make reliable, solar thermal power stations a reality today for electric utilities.[1] Ausra's power plants drive steam turbines with sunshine:
- "Locally manufactured solar concentrators made of steel and glass focus sunlight to boil water, generating high-pressure steam that drives conventional turbine generators. New thermal energy storage systems using pressurized water and low cost materials will provide for on-demand generation day and night."[1]
Ausra's proprietary technology significantly reduces the cost of a solar thermal power plant and so is capable of significantly reducing global carbon emissions normally associated with electricity generation. Ausra has recently secured more than $40 million in funding from Silicon Valley venture capital firms Khosla Ventures and Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers.[1]
See also
- David Mills (solar researcher) and former President of the International Solar Energy Society
- Vinod Khosla
- Concentrated Solar Power (CSP)
- Solar Power