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Solar updraft tower [1]
Advantages
- Life span = 80 years. [2]
- Low maintenance costs.
- Produces greenhouse areas that can be used for agriculture.
- Produces energy at night (at a reduced rate) [3]
- Produces energy when overcast [4]
- May be able to desalinate water via condensation [5]
Disadvantages
- Takes up a relatively large amount of space.[6]
Economic analysis
- Cost per Watt of capacity = 4 EUR [7]
- Cost per watt of capacity (200 MW): 4 EUR, (50 MW): 6,04 [8]
- 50 MW (Spain, 1800) cost per Watt: 20 EUR[9]
- 200 MW (Spain, 1800) cost per Watt: 12 EUR[10]
References
- ↑ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_updraft_tower
- ↑ http://social.csptoday.com/technology/solar-updraft-tower-technology-not-all-hot-air
- ↑ http://www.architecture.mit.edu/sites/all/files/attachments/lecture/SolarUpdraftTower_Project.pdf
- ↑ http://www.architecture.mit.edu/sites/all/files/attachments/lecture/SolarUpdraftTower_Project.pdf
- ↑ http://inhabitat.com/solar-updraft-towers-in-namibia/attachment/14194/
- ↑ http://educypedia.karadimov.info/library/Solar%20Updraft%20Towers.pdf
- ↑ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_updraft_tower
- ↑ http://www.architecture.mit.edu/sites/all/files/attachments/lecture/SolarUpdraftTower_Project.pdf
- ↑ http://www.architecture.mit.edu/sites/all/files/attachments/lecture/SolarUpdraftTower_Project.pdf
- ↑ http://www.architecture.mit.edu/sites/all/files/attachments/lecture/SolarUpdraftTower_Project.pdf
