Friday, October 02, 2009

water problems may stall solar energy plans

oct 1, 2009

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/30/business/energy-environment/30water.html?em=&pagewanted=all

1 comment:

tat_tvam_asi said...

The company revealed that its preferred method of cooling the power plants would consume 1.3 billion gallons of water a year


Heat is energy. Why would you cool it instead of harnessing it? I assume this is solar thermal. What about Photovoltaic based solar? It is not as efficient but prices have fallen greatly in recent years.