Comments on Puzzle #7552: Solar #2
By Teresa K (fasstar)
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quality: difficulty: solvability: line logic only
Puzzle Description:
PS10 Solar Tower in Spain, with nearby solar panels. The tower is in the distance, the panels are in the foreground. More in comments.
#1: Teresa K (fasstar) on Jan 4, 2010 [SPOILER]
The PS10 is the world’s first tower technology solar thermoelectric power plant constructed for commercial operation.#2: Sallie Wilbur (sarriemom) on Jan 5, 2010
It is 40 stories high.
The panels are sun-tracking mirrors that are each 120-square meters in size, and a receiver that converts concentrated solar energy from the heliostats into steam that eventually drives the turbines. Currently, only one field of mirrors is up and running, but even that produces enough power to energize 6,000 homes. There are currently 600 mirror panels.
More info here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PS10_solar_power_tower
This image might be a little obscure, since it's not something you would easily recognize. I't pretty awesome in the photos. The photo I used is here:
http://www.metaefficient.com/news/11-mw-solar-tower-complex-opens-in-spain.html
Amazing!#3: Joel Lynn (furface1) on Jan 5, 2010
Not specifically related to this puzzle, but I wanted to let you know that I appreciate puzzles of this size - I generally use a small netbook-type computer (10 inch screen) and anything more than 25 cells high doesn't fit on the screen. Thanks!#4: Teresa K (fasstar) on Jan 5, 2010
Joel, I will be more than happy to make some more of this size. :-) Are the homophone puzzles too wide?#5: Adam Nielson (monkeyboy) on Jan 5, 2010
Fun one.#6: Joel Lynn (furface1) on Jan 5, 2010
45 wide is good. Thanks again!#7: Teresa K (fasstar) on Jan 6, 2010
Thanks, Adam.#8: Jane Doe (telly) on Jan 8, 2010
wow. I've never seen this image before, but it's awesome.#9: Teresa K (fasstar) on Jan 8, 2010
fun puzzle.
Thanks, Telly. I could not do the image justice in the puzzle. It almost looks like something from outer space.#10: Linda Martin (ilovethispuzzle123) on Jun 15, 2011
wow - very interesting.#11: GabrielMyCat (gabrielmycat) on Mar 1, 2012 [SPOILER]
I look at it and see a guillotine. sorry, but that is what I see.#12: BlackCat (BlackCat) on May 18, 2020 [SPOILER]
Nice work, but I thought it was an airport.#13: Valerie Mates (valerie) on Oct 4, 2022 [SPOILER]
This is such a cool idea! But the Wikipedia page looks like it hasn't been updated in a long time. It talks about other similar solar power plants that were planned to be built by 2013, but nothing about whether they ever were built. I'd be curious to hear how this worked out. My guess is that it wasn't optimal or there would be more of them.
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