Solar Thermal Power Is Coming to a Boil
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One of the exciting advances in renewable energy is solar thermal power. My colleague Jonathan G. Dorn writes in a recent Earth Policy Institute release, “Solar Thermal Power Coming to a Boil” that 100 megawatts of new capacity came online worldwide in 2007.
Escalating concerns about global climate change–and fresh economic incentives–are renewing interest in this technology.
Considering that the energy in sunlight reaching the earth in just 70 minutes is equivalent to annual global energy consumption, the potential for solar power is virtually unlimi
