Google Develops a Cheaper Mirror for Solar Thermal, Could Cut Cost in Half

Photo: Public domain, Sandia Labs The Search Giant is Working on Cheaper Mirrors Solar thermal power has a bright future (ha!), but at the moment the biggest hurdle in the way of wider adoption is capital cost. All those mirrors cost a lot of money and add up to a significant portion of the total cost of a solar thermal power plant. Thats why Google's energy division has been working on making cheaper mirrors. Bill Weihl, the company's green energy czar, claims that their latest prototype could cut by ...Read the full story on TreeHugger