>From California government site: http://www.energy.ca.gov/sitingcases/ivanpah/
I rest my case. Like I said before, even your futuristic robot upgrades won't save obsolete technology (those were not androids in the picture) On Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 4:23 PM, ChemE Stewart <[email protected]> wrote: > From their environmental filing: > > Each heliostat would have two mirrors, each 7.2 feet high by 10.5 feet > wide, mounted on 6-inch diameter pylons, with a total height of 12 feet. > Cables connecting each heliostat that transmit information to the > controller, would be strung above ground. The mirrors track the sun > throughout the day and reflect sunlight onto the receiver atop the central > tower. *Mirrors would be washed every two weeks *on a rotational basis. > Washing would utilize water accessed from the groundwater supply wells, > following treatment in a water treatment system. Washing would be done > using a truck-mounted pressure washer, and use *42.7 acre-feet per year*. > > > On Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 4:18 PM, ChemE Stewart <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Funny Jed, you can't tell the difference between an animation and real >> life. Let me show you real life Ivanpah... >> >> [image: Argus Contracting at Ivanpah Project] >> >> http://www.irexcontracting.com/subsidiary/argus-contracting/project-gallery/missing-title-and-text/ >> >> Are you that easy to fool? >> >> >> On Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 4:09 PM, Jed Rothwell <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> ChemE Stewart <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Obviously. Also, this is the first brightsource tower to produce one >>>> watt of sustainable power. >>>> >>> >>> Yes. But many others are in operation, as I noted. Apple, Compaq and >>> Dell were not the first companies to build computers. Do you suppose that >>> meant they were incapable of doing it? >>> >>> >>> >>>> Show me the robots driving through that desert Jed, washing those >>>> 350,000 + mirrors. >>>> >>> >>> Here, let me Google that for you: >>> >>> Autonomous Electrostatic Heliostat Cleaning Robot >>> >>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMgW-VFvzRs >>> >>> There are many other robotic heliostat cleaners in arid and desert areas >>> already in operation. They have been in operation for years. >>> >>> - Jed >>> >>> >> >
