Abengoa’s Next-Gen Solar Power Tower, Eureka!

The solar arm of Spanish renewable energy and engineering giant Abengoa is already one of few companies in the world with a working solar power tower — a technology that uses dozens of concentrating heliostats (made of glass or mirrors) that focus sunlight onto a tall central tower. And this morning Abengoa is already showing off a next-gen version of the solar power tower, dubbed Eureka, that uses a receiver (the sun light collection point in the tower) that can achieve much higher temperatures.

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