micro turbine Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Sun, 03 Aug 2008 19:45:02 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 65kW Solar Powered Micro-Turbine https://www.greenoptimistic.com/65kw-solar-powered-micro-turbine-20080803/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/65kw-solar-powered-micro-turbine-20080803/#comments Sun, 03 Aug 2008 19:45:02 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=672 HelioFocus has ordered Capstone Turbine Corporation to develop and modify their C65 (65 kW) MicroTurbine to operate on solar power. HelioFocus has been founded in 2007, is based in Israel, and it produces modular, high efficiency Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) systems to convert the sunlight to electricity. They use a parabolic concentrator which focuses the light onto a solar receiver. The solar receiver is heat-based, and it drives Capstone's modified turbine.

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/65kw-solar-powered-micro-turbine-20080803/feed/ 1 672 DIY: Make Electricity Using Your Backyard Stream https://www.greenoptimistic.com/diy-micro-hydro-turbine-20080724/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/diy-micro-hydro-turbine-20080724/#respond Thu, 24 Jul 2008 19:22:00 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=610 The main idea is simple: find yourself a river, make sure its falling abruptly enough to have the necessary speed and velocity to spin your turbine, and make the necessary piping and flow control system.

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