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Google Solar Thermal Mirror Plans




Google will focus its research efforts on reducing the cost of mirrors that are critical to the performance of solar thermal power plants. The company expresses some frustration with the availabilty of emerging technology in the space and recommends that government play a larger role in funding early-stage ideas. ...
... "Google is looking to cut the cost of making heliostats, the fields of mirrors that have to track the sun, by at least a factor of two, ideally a factor of three or four. " ...
Via Reuters: Google solar mirror power



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