Mildura Solar Tower
General Information
| Structural Type: |
Steel tube tower
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| Function / usage: |
Solar updraft tower
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| Completed in: | 2010 |
| Status: | project phase |
Geographic Information & Related Structures
| Location: |
Mildura, Victoria, Australia, Australia and Oceania |
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Technical Information
Dimensions
| capacity for electric power generation | 200 MW | |
| chimney | diameter | 130 m |
| height | 1 000 m | |
| collector | diameter | 6 000-7 000 m |
Materials
| tower |
reinforced concrete
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Participants
Owner
Design
Relevant Web Sites
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enviroMission
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Le Monde: Une tour solaire de 1 000 mètres de haut en Australie
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Nano (3Sat): 1000 Meter Energie - Gigantische Kraftwerke im Aufwind
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sbznet: Strom für Australien
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wissenschaft.de: Sturm im Turm (14.01.2002)
Relevant Publications
- leicht weit / Light Structures, Prestel Verlag, Munich (Germany), ISBN 3791329189, 2004; pp. 268-295
- Power Tower, New Scientist, 31/07/2004, v. 183, n. 2458
- The Solar Chimney / Das Aufwindkraftwerk, Deutsche Verlagsanstalt, Stuttgart (Germany), ISBN 3930698592, 342103074X, 1994
- Sustainable Electricity Generation with Solar Updraft Towers, in "Structural Engineering International", August 2004, n. 3 v. 14
Internal Information
| Structure-ID: | s0004871 |
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| Created: | 07/09/2002 |
| Last Updated: | 27/02/2013 |