AORA builds sci-fi-looking solar/hybrid plant in the Israeli desert
By Joseph L. Flatley 
posted June 15th 2009 5:23PM
posted June 15th 2009 5:23PM
A company called AORA has developed a hybrid solar power plant in the Israeli desert. Comprised of a number of 100kWe base units, the operation is modular (additional units can be added) and it should be complete sometime in the next ten days. When operational, thirty mirrors will track the sun and direct its rays up to the 98.4 foot tall "flower," where the concentrated sunlight heats compressed air, which in turn drives an electric turbine. When the sun has set for the day (or if it's cloudy) the turbine can be run off of biodiesel, natural gas, or fossil fuels, allowing the plant to operate twenty-four hours. The only downside we can see is that the huge tower is sure to attract psychopaths like Lord Humungus and Wez -- so you'll want some weapons. More pics after the break.
[Via Inhabitat]
[Via Inhabitat]
final fantasy isnt that dangerous man, oh wait, ohh....
Good try, it's been done though --> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6616651.stm
Not quite. There are similarities, of course, but:
The Seville collector is a "A concrete tower - 40 storeys high", and can " power up to 6,000 homes."
The main idea behind the Israeli plant, if you read the article closely, is that it is modular - it can be scaled to fit any sized community, and can accomodate "natural growth". It can also be reliably assembled with standard components in a lot less time than it would take to build a 40 sorey concrete tower.
Dror, your facts are wrong. You are a bo-ged.
The fact is, Arabs did not arrive in Israel until after the Hegira in the 7th century.
Jews lived in Israel for about 1700 years prior to that.
MTT, they have several like what you liked to in America too. I haven't seen any driven by hot air before, or that are hybrid and using other sources of energy at night.
JS Arabs are dogs, and the Palestinians are mangy ones that even many Arabs have nothing to do with. Too bad they're dogs with oil and can't be properly kicked.
Seriously, though, techies, how come no one is wondering why that gold flower isn't black? Isn't it reflecting a lot of that energy?
You mean Palestinian desert...
Palestinians are only defined by the existence of Israel. there is no such thing as a Palestinian people.
Nope its not the palestinian desert. They never owned it and never will. End of story.
dont knock it before you try it!
I believe the Canaanites were there before the Jews.
Its interesting to think that israelis seem to always think that the history should start with them and everything before them is non-important and should be ignored. They were the first people in Caanan, they made the first kingdom there, as if there were no civilizations before them.
Even in modern times they try to rewrite thousands of years of history not important to themself such as there actually lived people in Palestine/Caanan they ruled themself. They want us to believe that modern day caananites (the palestinians) never actually lived in these lands but only started to exist when israel was created?
Wow, and I also believe in magic, israel is so important that when it was created people spontaniously popup from nowhere just to make their lives hard?!
Oi, if you can disable comments on the China article (which, ironically, was about censorship), why not this?
Just look at some of the comments, ffs.
old technology since 1980
Great work Israel. How about peace first?!
How about you stop using phosphor in your bombs?!
How about demilitarizing you're own "state"?! (nukes!!!)
But ok you are going green so i'll just guess i forget about all that.
I believe there are thousands of tech news sites, please post this comment on their blogs and comment boxes. Thank you for your concern, but news are news.