Comments on: There’s a Bright Side to the Double Standard for Big Solar http://cleantechnica.com/2010/10/27/theres-a-bright-side-to-the-double-standard-for-big-solar/ Clean Tech News & Views: Solar Energy News. Wind Energy News. EV News. & More. Mon, 29 Dec 2014 11:56:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.1 By: Susan Kraemer http://cleantechnica.com/2010/10/27/theres-a-bright-side-to-the-double-standard-for-big-solar/#comment-44249 Sat, 06 Nov 2010 01:18:48 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=17464#comment-44249 Yeah, used in this solar-powered town

http://cleantechnica.com/2010/06/10/small-mojave-desert-town-goes-85-solar/

]]> By: Ross http://cleantechnica.com/2010/10/27/theres-a-bright-side-to-the-double-standard-for-big-solar/#comment-44225 Fri, 05 Nov 2010 23:32:16 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=17464#comment-44225 Check out technologies like Skyline Solar:
http://www.skyline-solar.com

They’re using concentration, but with PV instead of steam turbines. Takes water right out of the equation.

]]> By: Tim Jundanian http://cleantechnica.com/2010/10/27/theres-a-bright-side-to-the-double-standard-for-big-solar/#comment-44050 Fri, 05 Nov 2010 13:52:20 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=17464#comment-44050 The end goal of 100% clean energy is admirable, but its a shame that the bar has been set so high in the transitional phase while moving away from fossil fuels.

]]> By: There?s a Bright Side to the Double Standard for Big Solar — Find Rig Jobs and Offshore Work http://cleantechnica.com/2010/10/27/theres-a-bright-side-to-the-double-standard-for-big-solar/#comment-42780 Mon, 01 Nov 2010 21:06:27 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=17464#comment-42780 […] With Lake Mead predicted to run dry by 2021, energy which does not use water is going to be even more crucial to the energy future of the Southwest. Coal plants providing a quarter of Queensland’s electricity in Australia had to get shut down during Australia’s 14 year drought, because they needed a running river… Read More… […]

]]> By: Alteredstory http://cleantechnica.com/2010/10/27/theres-a-bright-side-to-the-double-standard-for-big-solar/#comment-41653 Fri, 29 Oct 2010 19:07:31 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=17464#comment-41653 Thanks for this article. This was an issue I was, until now, unaware of. I agree that it would be best to not need to use water for cooling, and I would be fine with the double standard, if only there was the political will to help fund the research and development of better ways to do it.

Moving the subsidies from fossil fuels to clean energy would be a boon to civilization.

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