Solucar, a Spanish Company Going Green
Solucar is a Spanish company that is harnessing one of the most powerful forms of renewable energy — the sun. Although it’s a bit expensive for now, the technology used in this solar tower is expected to become cheaper and thus make it a more feasible replacement for current power sources like fossil fuels.
They’re doing it by means of a steam turbine. The intense Spanish sun (if you’ve ever been to Spain you know what I’m talking about) heats up water, which is converted to steam, which then powers the turbine. It seems like there would be a more efficient means of doing this, but apparently that is what’s most effective at this point. So what happens at night? Read on to find out: