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Thursday, 11/11/2010 8:05:52 AM

Thursday, November 11, 2010 8:05:52 AM

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Some figures!

In this article entitled "IID to consider purchasing power from 3,281-foot solar tower", found here:
http://www.ivpressonline.com/news/ivp-news-iid-to-consider-purchasing-power-from-3281-foot-solar-tower-20101111,0,7898903.story

you can find the following noteworthy excerpts:

"If agreed upon, IID would be entitled to a 15-megawatt share for 30 years."

"IID would begin paying $95.50 per megawatt-hour ($0.0955/kWh) once the tower begins operation. Prices would begin to increase at $1 per megawatt-hour ($0.001/kWh) in year 16."

"The Enviro Mission Solar Tower will be constructed in Arizona east of Lake Havasu, which straddles the Arizona-California border. Construction will likely begin in 2012, with an estimated June 2014 operation date..."

"The company that constructed the 160-story Dubai Burj Khalifa skyscraper will construct the La Paz Solar Tower. ..it would have an observation deck and could withstand an 8.5-magnitude earthquake"

"Generally, solar operates for about six to seven hours per a day, ... This operates about 16 hours a day because of latent heat buildup underneath the greenhouse.”


Tykün

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