We had some really great threads last year, with the following four nominated for the Thread of the Year award in this January's Environment Site Awards ceremony.
Solar Energy ForumI have no doubt that we will be successful in harnessing the sun's energy.... If sunbeams were weapons of war, we would have had solar energy centuries ago. ~Sir George Porter
“Solar Islands”: Low-cost solar energy at very large scale?
The Oil Drum – May 20, 2008
An interesting and detailed article on the concept of Solar Islands: adjustable platforms of very large numbers of EFC (extra flat concentrators) panels that can be moved with the “path” of the sun across the sky for different times of the year…either as “solar islands floating on water” (on high sea or near the coast) or “solar islands on land” (e.g. deserts).
“Solar Islands”: Low-cost solar energy at very large scale?
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