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Solar Wind Energy Tower (SWET) – a radical idea for energy

A Skyscraper-Sized Solar-Wind Tower Could Become North America’s Tallest Structure,  , The Atlantic, MAY 1 2014  Can a 2,250-foot-high wind tunnel generate electricity more cheaply than coal?

,The city council of San Luis, Arizona, a town of 15,000 on the Mexico border, last week approved the construction of the tallest structure in North America, a 2,250-foot-high concrete tower that would generate electricity by spraying water on hot desert air at the tower’s top. As the saturated air sinks, the downdraft creates 50 mile-an-hour winds that are forced into tunnels at the base of the tower to drive electricity-generating turbines.

“Our tower makes roughly about half the power of a traditional nuclear power plant,” Ronald Pickett, the chief executive of Solar Wind Energy Tower (SWET), the company behind the $1.5 billion project, told investors during a March conference call. “Enough to power a city of 700,000 to a million people.”

And the price of that carbon-free power would be cheaper than coal-fired electricity, he claimed. ……http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/05/can-a-2250-foot-high-solar-wind-tower-generate-electricity-cheaper-than-coal/361524/

May 2, 2014 - Posted by | general

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