• Kairos@lemmy.today
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    6 days ago

    Actually there’s also the mirror based solar which boils water in a central column.

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      6 days ago

      It’s cooler than that; they use the heat to make molten salt, then use a heat exchanger to boil water with that, the salt gets stupid hot and holds energy into the night.

    • Smaile@lemmy.ca
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      6 days ago

      its basically a bowl of water made of solar panels, i mean it not a bad idea at all but its nothing crazy either.