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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What happens at …
What happens at nightime? No production?
How long does it takes to “warm up” the air before it flows with enough speed?
Can it be made at a smaller scale and still produce significant power?
What is the lifespan for this kind of mega-construction and what are the costs of maintenance?
windmills slowdown …
windmills slowdown airflo wich intern heaththe earth
turbins slow wind …
turbins slow wind witch intern rapidle heats up the planet im 12
where does this …
where does this project stands? I checked wikipedia and there is basically no news since 2007. The company (EnviroMission) still has a (pretty) website, but not much info on it.
is this your …
is this your professional opinion?
Much to expensive …
Much to expensive and to inefficient compared to cheap thinfilm photovoltaic.
Carbon dioxide …
Carbon dioxide accounts for just 0.0383% of the atmosphere.
There are only wind …
There are only wind turbines at the base because cold air or dense air at ground surface when heated up it creates convection or it raises in that way the flow and pressure of warm air ascending is greater and more efficiently used.
I would imagine you …
I would imagine you can’t put too many turbines in there, as you want the hot air to successfully evacuate the tower to be replaced with fresh air, rather than have alot of obstructions in the tower that would clog up the air flow.
The History …
The History Channels Modern Marvels stated that it would take only 620 of these to power the US. At $700 million a pop that means that it would only cost $434 billion to power the US with an energy source that is always going to be here.
why are there only …
why are there only turbines at the bottom? even though they would porduce less power higher up surely they should still utilise the full height of the tower
200 mega watts is …
200 mega watts is enough to power the rural communities in most of victoria and SW NSW (Australia) Compareed with other types of renewable energy this is second to none. America as a whole need to come up with a new statergy for 1) Fossil Fule consumption 2) Enviromenatlly savvy energy sources. So, Yes its Ironic that we have developed the tech to use the earths heat to provide power, but this would not be nessesary if capitalist didnt take the easy option for energy in the past.
i heard it would …
i heard it would take 7,000 of these mamoths to power the united states today. someone help me out here. it seems to me ironic and counterproductive to combat global warming by intentionally heating surface air temperatures over millions of acres of land.
i doubt this…
i doubt this…
Its only $700 …
Its only $700 million
The coal plant they are planning on building here in South Carolina is $2.2 Billion
plus, after the initial cost of construction there is nothing
it’s too expensive …
it’s too expensive to build.
I pray that people …
I pray that people don’t rely on YouTube for technical information. Wow.
These are wind turbines. No steam required.
And all of that for …
And all of that for a mere 200 megawatts ?
This is good for …
This is good for developing countries due to the need for large amounts of land to build this.
Lmao. What plane …
Lmao. What plane have you been riding in? The thing is 3,000 fett, an airplane cruises at 34,000 feet. And besides, its two times larger than the Eiffel Tower, its not like its hard to see. Rofl.
it doesn’t need …
it doesn’t need stream to turn the turbines: v=C-EvV90MeDY
turbines need …
turbines need stream to work.
This thing is so …
This thing is so cool
I don’t think any …
I don’t think any water is required
Look at the land …
Look at the land mass required to generate 200 MWs, and I wonder what type of water use is required (these things look best suited for desert areas, where there usually is not a lot of water to waste.