Monday, 6 January 2003

Another related, but older BBC news story, outlines the work of researchers at the School of Textiles at Heriot-Watt University in Scotland that are looking at ways of combining textiles with solar panels. [Source: BBC Sci-Tech News] 9:51:07 AM     Time Life Magazine has voted the proposed Enviromission Solar Tower in NSW as one of the best inventions in 2002. Time says: Want cheap, green electricity? The Australians have a simple answer. First, build a 20,000-acre greenhouse to trap and heat air. Then build a colossal tower 1 km (.62 miles) tall in the middle of it. The warm air from the greenhouse will rise through the tower as it would through a chimney, turning turbines and generating enough electricity to power 200,000 Australian homes. The BBC is also covering the project. 9:45:49 AM

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