Comments on: Solar thermal gathers steam http://www.cleanbreak.ca/2007/03/12/solar-thermal-gathers-steam/ Trends, happenings and innovations in the clean technology market Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:38:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Anonymous http://www.cleanbreak.ca/2007/03/12/solar-thermal-gathers-steam/comment-page-1/#comment-1063 Anonymous Wed, 14 Mar 2007 12:34:36 +0000 http://www.cleanbreak.ca/2007/03/12/solar-thermal-gathers-steam/#comment-1063 <a href="http://www.shpegs.org" rel="nofollow">www.shpegs.org</a> is a Canadian originated <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_design" rel="nofollow">open design</a> project which is developing a concept to increase the output of traditional solar steam plants by extracting additional heat from the ambient air with a solar trough heat pump system. The intent is to design and build a prototype <a href="http://www.shpegs.org/ammonia_rev4.html" rel="nofollow">solar thermal power generation system</a> that is feasible outside of arid locations. The current design has the potential provide renewable base load electrical generation with seasonal thermal storage and clean water generation in a <a href="http://www.shpegs.org/index.html#calculations" rel="nofollow">scalable system</a> built from common materials. http://www.shpegs.org is a Canadian originated open design project which is developing a concept to increase the output of traditional solar steam plants by extracting additional heat from the ambient air with a solar trough heat pump system. The intent is to design and build a prototype solar thermal power generation system that is feasible outside of arid locations.

The current design has the potential provide renewable base load electrical generation with seasonal thermal storage and clean water generation in a scalable system built from common materials.

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