Gemasolar is a new solar-power plant that is based in southern Spain, backed by Masdar, Abu Dhabi. it achieved a breakthrough where it was the first solar power plant that produces electricity continuously more then 30 times. It is a field of large mirrors that reflects heat rays from the sun to the “receiver” which contains salt that is pumped up to the receiver also. The salt melts by the reflection of heat rays from the mirrors and generates steam which then turns into an energy source that generates electricity. The mirrors of this plant were the biggest challenge, where they had to be constructed in a way that it won’t be so large that it would wobble in the wind or need too much costly steel, another challenge was that the team had to build a separate control system to manage the large mirrors.
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