October 2011
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Solar Bright Spot
With many of California oil fields in decline, they are requiring steam to extract the last parts of oil out of the rock.
Interestingly, solar thermal is turning out to be a very cost effective way to make that steam. In fact, steam produced by plants built by BrightSource Energy are making the steam 25% cheaper than a new natural gas fired generator. That is saying something because natural...