In reply to Jed Rothwell's message of Fri, 01 Apr 2005 12:52:14 -0500: Hi, [snip] >Steven Vincent Johnson wrote: > >>When mass-produced the prediction has been made that strategically placed >>solar "dish farms" could generate electricity at comparable costs: >>Approximately 6.5 cents per kilowatt hour. > >That is much more expensive than wind generated electricity.
I suspect the cost of a solar trough farm would be considerably less, if cheap composite plastic mirrors were used. (Mounting is much simpler, as is tracking control.) I would estimate mirror costs being at least ten times less. Regards, Robin van Spaandonk All SPAM goes in the trash unread.
