I didn't like the fact that you neglected the cost to deploy these facilities and how much energy they produce compared to other sources.
@joeljong9313 жыл бұрын
@@nedrapaul4135 another article mentions first practical deployment, " The baseline system will provide industrial-grade heat that will be capable of replacing fossil fuels in processes including cement, steel, and petrochemicals production, the company explained" . It is the same initial target as other hydrogen producers/burners infrastructure.
@Obscurai3 жыл бұрын
As someone said: If you want to make a battery dirt cheap, make it out of dirt.
@naturalisted17143 жыл бұрын
Yes! It's brilliant.
@SeeTheWholeTruth3 жыл бұрын
Ask all the dead guys that had this and better ideas over the last hundred years how they fared against the giant energy corps. When those corps secure the ability to use it, and patent it, and safeguard the materials for utilizing it, and have multi profited on wars and resources and so fourth.. yeah.. Sure. For anyone that is left to enjoy it.
@johnnydoe26723 жыл бұрын
We’re using light for energy and rocks for energy storage. Right back to the stone age we go lol
@acmefixer13 жыл бұрын
Well, rocks and stones now have another use. What's great about this heliostat is that it uses simple technology to do a big job.
@ronagoodwell27093 жыл бұрын
The Stone Age was under-rated.
@Starship7373 жыл бұрын
The "genius" didnt explain how exactly the hot rocks will generate efficient energy!
@ronagoodwell27093 жыл бұрын
@@Starship737 1000 degrees centigrade. Use your imagination.
@TheMasochrist3 жыл бұрын
@@Starship737 hot rock make steam. Steam moves a turbine. Turbine goes spiny .
@gabrielcruzati37173 жыл бұрын
"If you want your battery to be dirt cheap, you have to make it out of dirt" lol they really take this too serious
@Bugdriver493 жыл бұрын
Actually not a bad idea...one that is already in production. Research "'Ambri' liquid metal battery."
@robertmarmaduke97213 жыл бұрын
Never forget the promise of our Beloved Leader, Osama bin Barak. _"If you like your Battery, then you can keep your Battery!"_ *Let 10,000 Points of Solyndra bloom!!*
@Arthur197013 жыл бұрын
Wtf
@cameronbell7914 Жыл бұрын
You do not understand how much sand, lime, clay, rocks and more are used in construction and are valued. America has Corning. Check that companies KZfaq page. You're probably using their products right now.
@SeeScottWrite Жыл бұрын
I don’t think any level of ambition is too much when it comes to preserving our already-plundered planet.
@alexfrank53313 жыл бұрын
Damn I still remember his TED talk. Did NOT think this was going to actually work. lol But I'm glad he and his team has made so much progress.
@alterego1573 жыл бұрын
What progress? Solar furnaces from the 1960s easily do 3,500 celsius. He barely breaks above 1,000 celsius and flat out lies how 500-600 degrees was the maximum before him.
@Olastyles3 жыл бұрын
And look it is becoming public company now!!!
@Kokorocodon2 жыл бұрын
@@alterego157 Are you always really that negative?
@alterego1572 жыл бұрын
@@Kokorocodon No, not really. A bad day and a lot of time spent around negative people. There are better ways to conduct ourselves. Stay true to yourself. Take care.
@ihorok19902 жыл бұрын
@@alterego157 Actually, only the biggest solar furnace can do 3,500 °C, the smaller ones can produce 700. Are you sure it is easy to create only the big ones? As I understood, previously nobody used AI to correct the mirror's angle. It is like to compare the carts and cars. They both use the wheels but how different they are.
@infinity2012rmx3 жыл бұрын
"How do they find out where the sun is?... Interns" 😂👌
@beaclaster3 жыл бұрын
just look up
@varietiesofvideos16533 жыл бұрын
The place with the hottest temperature decides where the sun is greatly focused that's how they find where the sun is
@jiyuandong89643 жыл бұрын
can confirm, they use interns
@Laszer2713 жыл бұрын
"One can replace ANY technology with a finite number of students"
@Chefranqui3 жыл бұрын
It's sarcasm. He says ai right after
@user-he1rn5uu5w3 жыл бұрын
Nobody: Birds: Oh hey, that place looks shiny! Let me go check it out....(becomes KFC)
@pegasus60693 жыл бұрын
😂😂
@tl31393 жыл бұрын
Pick, pick, pick! Are dead birds going to ruin the climate, no. You can find fault in anything if you pick at it.
@Derps1893 жыл бұрын
More like grilled chicken
@pegasus60693 жыл бұрын
@@Derps189 what about tik tok stars who try to make video in the middle of those panels without knowing what are those
@davidneo39403 жыл бұрын
Realistically speaking...all the other energy forms kill more fauna than these mirrors ever could. Still a nice joke :]
@unofficialquarantine7733 жыл бұрын
Man I'm getting obsessed with sustainable energy systems. Post more videos in this topic.
@Geologese3 жыл бұрын
This is a water drain in water deprived areas, its a horrible system for realistic useage.
@CL-gq3no3 жыл бұрын
@@Geologese, only because they want to convert the electricity created into hydrogen. If they skip that last step, and just export the electricity, then there is no water usage and it makes for a very desirable system. Even without the water shortage concerns the conversion to hydrogen wastes energy, is MORE difficult/inefficient to transport than electricity, and creates more issues than it solves IMHO. All of that extra effort to inefficiently convert the energy to something that has little to no value in existing infrastructure. Electricity can be used universally and when it comes from clean sources it offsets fossil fuel use elsewhere, so just start with that. Hydrogen is not a very good "green fuel" anyway, but if needed it should be produced in locations where fresh water is more plentiful.
@geraldbaria3 жыл бұрын
@@CL-gq3no Agree. They can just make an international thousand mile high voltage electric line like what singapore is about to do with Australia. Way more efficient than conversion to hydrogen storage.
@freethink3 жыл бұрын
We certainly will! In the meantime, we have a playlist on next-gen sustainable technologies that includes some if you like. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/p5pzg6V5z5a5gZ8.html
@caboclorafa3 жыл бұрын
@Sen Se A good opportunity to increase your views! nice one!
@sDH8988L11 ай бұрын
This is a CSP (Concentrated Solar Power) plant. And these days some of CSP plants were closed due to cost-efficiency issues compared to Photovoltaic Power plants.
@bengsynthmusic3 жыл бұрын
Nuclear energy: "Look at the space they need to mimic a fraction of our power."
@justsomerandomweeb42433 жыл бұрын
Yep
@tylerstone29173 жыл бұрын
Are you including the mines for uranium? cause Im' pretty sure the silica, steel, and rocks used for this are a cheaper and of less impact on surrounding lands. (might not have the same energy outputs per sq ft. compared to nuclear, but the infrastructure and maintenance costs are miles apart.)
@bengsynthmusic3 жыл бұрын
@@tylerstone2917 But that's mainly bc of regulations. Nuclear is one of the most regulated sectors. There are new innovations coming though like molten salt reactor. But nuclear (new versions) is the greenest source of power. Some have found a way to reuse the waste.
@Nobody-Nowhere3 жыл бұрын
@@bengsynthmusic Yes, US did.. they used it in Iraq.. depleted uranium shells.
@hyric89273 жыл бұрын
Renewable energy: "Look at the money they need to mimic a fraction of our power."
@SirWrender3 жыл бұрын
This was really well made!! Great job to the editor and also the VFX artist(s) who made the graphics! The displacement texture of the world map animating through the white plane was sick!
@freethink3 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much! Will let the Editor/VFX artist know, I'm sure it'll make their day :).
@Mo-np1me3 жыл бұрын
@@freethink 8:30 poor guy waited a whole hour to get gasoline
@MrDanielComum3 жыл бұрын
Yeah. But such a shallow, Ted talk like argument...
@becomingfr333 жыл бұрын
@Jin Lee there is no global warming but at the same time cheap clean energy is always a good thing.
@shadowsphere80673 жыл бұрын
@Jin Lee bet you dont believe in covid either you antivaxer
@sanjuansteve3 жыл бұрын
Mirrors should be mounted on posts tall enough for people to walk beneath to use that area as partially shaded, productive agricultural land and using water with no chemicals to clean the panels then drips off to be agricultural watering.
@starlet53503 жыл бұрын
👌
@KeithandPamBilyeu3 жыл бұрын
Agreed! Especially for the dessert?? The shade provided may also create opportunity for condensation water production and be dual purpose for food and energy.
@shashipancholi3 жыл бұрын
1 - plants need sunlight not shade 2 - deserts are not fertile land 3 - water is hard to find in deserts and most would evaporate in the heat
@sanjuansteve3 жыл бұрын
@@shashipancholi Ridiculous fossil fuels defender. 1. Not all plants prefer 100% sunshine 2. Plants grow in deserts 3. Using water once for 2 benefits is my point
@shashipancholi3 жыл бұрын
@@sanjuansteve apologies for being so blunt in my criticisms. Im trying not to be the guy who finds problems in every solution BUT critical thinking is required here. Basically farm crops would not benefit from the addition of solar panels/mirrors and ideally you want to keep the surrounding land clear for maintenance reasons. Harvesting the crops would also be a nightmare. The water issue is probably the biggest for me as it would be far more efficient to simply wipe the panels (try washing dishes without wiping) and directly feed water to the plants. Using enough water to clean the panels and feed the plants is highly inefficient and doesn't save any water. Essentially the main benefit would be to recover land for agriculture when it would be far easier to continue using arid land for energy production and fertile land for agriculture. There is no shortage of farm land and modern innovations in farming (such as indoor vertical farming) are aimed at producing food closer to where it will be consumed. This project seems to be aimed at producing energy far away from where people are living
@fazebooce87673 жыл бұрын
I feel like the parts about “preventing” war was just a gross oversimplification of it and why its fought so more people would support it
@larrysergueisuckdick92213 жыл бұрын
Did you expect a whole documentary on it on a video about solar energy? Go take a walk.
@alterego1573 жыл бұрын
You're being too polite. Dumbmass apparently didn't hear about thousands of years of wars all over the globe before the fossil fuels.
@alterego1573 жыл бұрын
@@larrysergueisuckdick9221 Elementary logic would suffice, no documentary needed.
@esdsohx11963 жыл бұрын
@@alterego157 nowhere did it say that all wars are fought for oil. Those that are could be stopped that's the point.
@prabhjotsingh27333 жыл бұрын
The world shall know pain [ pain akatsuki theme plays in background*]
@cancerino6663 жыл бұрын
"People won't have to take energy fromf ar away" - literally proposes a plan where 4 countries power the entire planet.
@leerman223 жыл бұрын
Not to mention concentrated solar does F-all in cloudy places, something PV solar tolerates well.
@Kenny-sl6hb3 жыл бұрын
He literally proposed a plan where there are towers in the US to power the US you idiot. He was talking about the production of energy for the whole planet.
@ImJustSage3 жыл бұрын
@@leerman22 i don’t think you watched the video
@leerman223 жыл бұрын
@@ImJustSage Besides the tracking system, nothing new.
@kingwillbisthebest3 жыл бұрын
Yep I thought that was a funny point
@nufosmatic3 жыл бұрын
06:54 - beating the price of "fossil fuels" - you left out "without Government subsidies"...
@trubblefoundit70563 жыл бұрын
big oil the biggest subsidized industry globally
@davefellhoelter13433 жыл бұрын
@@trubblefoundit7056 Largest TAXED too!
@hamzahsayang3 жыл бұрын
@@davefellhoelter1343 yes, lets tax something we have to give money too to make profitable... that makes sense...
@BaawBee3 жыл бұрын
Who cares about the price. It's not about the price. Oil and gas needs to go
@trubblefoundit70563 жыл бұрын
@@BaawBee Amen
@JKYLEM10003 жыл бұрын
They didnt talk about how much money will be spent maintaining the mirrors and cleaning them. That factors into the cost of operation.
@christophersoetadi16333 жыл бұрын
But isn’t it good in a way? Now they can create jobs for people to do those things, no?
@leiferickson14943 жыл бұрын
A couple of wet rags and a bottle or two of windex can't be that expensive
@hadrian2703 жыл бұрын
Coming soon: "The American Windex Embargo of 2023"
@Belioyt3 жыл бұрын
Robots.
@sasookay5143 жыл бұрын
so what?
@qirqqirqly83983 жыл бұрын
Ironically, the ads delivered to me via this video were from an oil company.
@elcocodriloazul3 жыл бұрын
This is just incredible. I think he can possibly get a Nobel prize for this.
@larslover6559 Жыл бұрын
In what field would that Nobel be? It's not science (discovering new things in nature) but engineering. Might be other rewards/recognition that can be more suitable . It's really exciting project!
@dancoyle6911 Жыл бұрын
@@larslover6559 peace.
@khalidh30913 жыл бұрын
This is absolutely fantastic technology which I have been following for at least three years now. I hope they will succed soon because it will be an absolute game changer for humanity.
@freethink3 жыл бұрын
That's awesome you've been following it so long! Must be really exciting to see it continue to advance.
@khalidh30913 жыл бұрын
@@freethink Thanks, I live in Morocco a very sunny country with little energy ressources this kind of technology would be awesome to implement here.
@paxundpeace99703 жыл бұрын
There is no single gamechanger but this is worthy technology to be accessed.
@3dstaco3 жыл бұрын
Don't worry it's not going to become something practical like every other thing behind it. Shucks
@TheNieffi2 жыл бұрын
@@khalidh3091 Really, you live there and dont know about the hundreds of Megawatts already installed at Ouarzazate?
@Phatxual3 жыл бұрын
I'll never cease to be amazed by this channels content. Great work
@freethink3 жыл бұрын
So glad to hear, thanks for watching!
@becomingfr333 жыл бұрын
I just discovered it and love it already
@brent83413 жыл бұрын
With so little mechanical movement to the system, it seems like there wouldn't be much for maintenance costs? Maybe repairing some mirrors after a hail storm? That alone seems like it would beat the cost of gas. Expensive upfront costs, but it's free energy after that.
@rere4393 жыл бұрын
People think that Elon Musk is the best inventor at this decade, but here is this guy, storing heat in rocks. Every scientist know that a lot of heat is required for melt a rock but no one thinking to use it for storing it. Bravo sir!!
@Waiting664 Жыл бұрын
Stone age
@gmarefan3 жыл бұрын
If we do not fight over oil, we will fight over something else though.
@manuelsamperio85593 жыл бұрын
Drinkable water seems like the next candidate.
@hadrian2703 жыл бұрын
@@manuelsamperio8559 fortunately this could solve both because the biggest hurtle to desalination is energy consumption.
@Belioyt3 жыл бұрын
True. The military-congress-industrial-complex are used to the fast and quick profits that war brings.
@freethink3 жыл бұрын
Definitely agree there will always be things for people to fight over! Happily, the amount of wars and deaths caused by them has been generally decreasing since World War 2. (see ourworldindata.org/war-and-peace ). Hopefully as we continue to reduce our global dependence on specific resources it helps continue this trend - and that when we do inevitably fight, we do so with words rather than weapons. Water is definitely an important concern. We've been following some innovative ways people have been creating to reduce our water use dramatically as well--see kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qLiFdNZ7xLnadZ8.html It's worth noting for context that although water is most important to us directly for drinking, a large majority of the water society uses is actually for industrial uses or farming (wherein a lot is lost using traditional methods, but new ones are vastly more efficient: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gJqDlLaX066vY30.html
@johndank22093 жыл бұрын
@@manuelsamperio8559 and when they solve that too?
@0ctatr0n3 жыл бұрын
Hydrogen? Really? After all the losses from conversion to and from electricity why would you bother? You end up with at best 30% of the power you put in. Wouldn't you make more money selling 50% more power from the same input over intercontinental power lines? Seriously guys HVDC cables are the way to go, only 5% loss over 1000km. Linking the worlds power grids would be a more effective solution, no need for grid scale batteries either if you can simply buy it from the continent next door that's still in daylight / highwinds. I'm not even factoring in the massive amount of energy needed to compress the gas to 300 atmospheres, or the rare earth catalysts needed for hydrogen production that would need to be procured either.. Other than that, hotrocks are definitely a good solution. But I hope you're using a Supercritical carbon cycle to catch all that power and not an inefficient steam turbine.
@CL-gq3no3 жыл бұрын
Exactly. It's great until they get to the last (unnecessary) step and waste all of that clean electricity (which is universal and needed by everyone) by inefficiently converting to hydrogen that has very little consumer demand without re-engineering all of our existing infrastructure and transportation.
@shankarmgs40563 жыл бұрын
@@CL-gq3no I don't think they are stupid to not consider the losses. Maybe they have some trade secrets to win over. No company will completely put out their methods.
@CL-gq3no3 жыл бұрын
@@shankarmgs4056, Doubtful. A lot of very smart people in the renewable energy space are fixated on the idea of hydrogen as a replacement for fossil fuels. Toyota for example is falling way behind in the EV race (they should be way ahead considering they made the first popular hybrid with the Prius) because they are very focused on hydrogen. Hydrogen is very appealing when you only consider the consumer side of it (the cars for example). However, when you look at the production, storage, and transport side of things it is an inefficient logistical nightmare. For hydrogen to become the energy standard of the future would require EVERYTHING we have every built to be retrofitted or rebuilt. The infrastructure would be very expensive (compressing/storing/transporting of flammable gases at 5000 PSI+ is not cheap or easy to maintain). It's pretty much all the cons and few if any pros. Meanwhile, the infrastructure is already in place for electrification of most things from consumer vehicles to lawn equipment to heating appliances. It's just the existing electric grid with more renewable energy added to phase out fossil fuels. For larger things like construction equipment, jets, and ships "synthetic fuels" are a better choice than hydrogen. The infrastructure, supply chain, and vehicles would not need to be changed at all. Synthetic fuels are basically direct substitutes for fossil fuels produced from carbon sequestration and electricity. Other than the production methods changing, everything else remains the same. It also uses sequestered carbon from the atmosphere which immediately helps with that issue.
@_capr_5453 жыл бұрын
I agree. Hydrogen is a pipe dream. On a different topic, why would using rocks for heat storage make sense? Wouldn't other concentrated solar power companies have tried such a simple method instead of salts?
@0ctatr0n3 жыл бұрын
@@_capr_545 How long did it take humanity to put wheels on their luggage? It's all about mindset, an engineer or scientist will find the most efficient material possible to archieve their goal. But they may not be thinking about the cost of those approaches or how easy / hard they are to manufacture as much. A person who's studied business, manufacturing, economics and engineering may be able to find the real world solution.. Like Elon. A super critical carbon loop with a smaller turbine is probably more energy efficient. But I'll bet the hot rocks and sand are infinitely cheaper to setup.
@spiritedaway992 жыл бұрын
I pray and hope he succeed at his mission,such a bright mind💫💫
@JohnPorsbjerg2 жыл бұрын
The jobs in manufacturing, maintenance, engineering, transport, etc! These three areas are gonna grow their economy so much!
@zerubiszeus46873 жыл бұрын
Can we have a video to be more in depth on how they take energy from heated rocks?
@wovasteengova3 жыл бұрын
Yes I need to know that too.
@fritzstauff3 жыл бұрын
Video that covers how it works details kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ldd-rZZ3lc7LgWg.html
@carltaylor49423 жыл бұрын
It's simple really. If you put a kettle on a hot rock it will produce steam. Steam can then drive a turbine and produce energy. Same principle only bigger.
@lordrefrigeratorintercoole2883 жыл бұрын
@@carltaylor4942 Yeah, but where is the turbine? And how are we going to transfer the heat energy in to a turbine. In your example the whole thing should be redesigned, the central colum should be bigger with rocks outside and water inside.
@Galopo3 жыл бұрын
@@carltaylor4942 There´s also an alternative, your could use stirling engines to convert into motion the temperature gradient.
@nikhilmenon22713 жыл бұрын
100% renewable is not only possible but easy only if people cooperated
@lawrencegarcia95083 жыл бұрын
People do cooperate. Its government’s and political figures that step in the way until they can have a continued passive profit off of such things.
@davetorcan60473 жыл бұрын
this is so funny. We talked about this when i was a student of Physics in grade 11 - that is way way long ago. Now here we go thx
@adak20503 жыл бұрын
I have been following alternative energy for a long time and this is hand's down one of the best systems I have ever seen. I just wish you had given figures for how many Megawatts one of those large scale plants could generate/roughly how many homes. I get the superheated rocks, aka molten salt. Where you loose me a bit is the distribution of energy through Hydrogen over distance. Better explanation of how exactly that works would have been helpful.
@CL-gq3no3 жыл бұрын
They are proposing that the hydrogen be used as a stand in for fossil fuels like natural gas and oil. Hydrogen can, in theory, be transported through pipelines, tankers, etc. similar to those fossil fuels. It can then be used as energy elsewhere either in hydrogen vehicles or natural gas electric plants converted to run on hydrogen. Having said that, I personally think that part of the plan is an unnecessary conversion that will waste a ton of energy (compressing, transporting, and burning hydrogen). I like everything else, but I think they should just use the solar heat to directly run steam turbine electric generators (just like nuclear or most fossil fuel plants) and use the grid to transport the energy elsewhere. They could also produce synthetic fuels from hydrogen + carbon sequestration and supply that fuel to the large transportation industries (jets, ships, etc.) that can't easily be electrified.
@Theminecraftian7723 жыл бұрын
They would probably convert the heat from the rocks (I don't know why they wouldn't specify what kind, probably want a trade secret or some way to privatize it) and convert that to electricity, Somehow. Then, through electrolysis, they turn water into hydrogen (Probably venting the oxygen in the process) to use as a transfer medium for energy. So far, Hydrogen is the most energy dense material we have access to, and it's relatively simple to make and transport. A plus for using hydrogen, is that the old fossil fuel burning systems (Car engines, heaters, stovetops, combustion generators, etc.) can mostly be converted to burning hydrogen instead of oil based substances. Converting them rather than replacing them.
@trirellb20283 жыл бұрын
My guess is hydrogen is more expensive compared to gas when looking at Cars that's why E.V is easily more popular. So if this concept works electricity cost to make hydrogen would drop which is one of the biggest barriers right now.
@Phamtom0093 жыл бұрын
@@Theminecraftian772 The plant would use the heat from the molten rocks to convert water into steam to spin a turbine. This is how nuclear/coal/gas and existing Solar Thermal plants generate electricity in terms of vaporizing water.
@electronresonator88823 жыл бұрын
@@CL-gq3no Elon Musk agree with you, he laugh maniacally at how stupid that idea is and the fact that is stated by a person who's called as genius, visionary and founder of over 150 companies
@tedleer92963 жыл бұрын
Finally an invention that works and people that understand the way the world uses electricity.
@freethink3 жыл бұрын
Inventions that work are the best!
@PuckU30763 жыл бұрын
@@freethink Inventions that work are the best... Oh right like the Atomic bomb, yea good one.
@Daniel-os9tb3 жыл бұрын
This has been around since the 70s. look up why California and most of the Middle East stopped using the arrays
@DurzoBlunts3 жыл бұрын
Ivanpah Has been in shambles for years, so true
@efemdesign3 жыл бұрын
in californiat we have 3 on the way to vegas. They still work.
@Daniel-os9tb3 жыл бұрын
@@efemdesign worked so well they killed birds, killed endangered species, dried out the ground and cooked two whole valleys that they ended removing them form because of the ecological damage they did. As I said. Look up what happened. The three left are just test models.
@gamedominatorxennongdm79563 жыл бұрын
@@Daniel-os9tb I mean at least it isn't like burning fossil fuels where it essentially turns the air you breath into poison.
@Daniel-os9tb3 жыл бұрын
@@gamedominatorxennongdm7956 no. It just completely destroys the environment and eco system around it by cooking everything like a Bleeping oven.
@rockellc74673 жыл бұрын
People like this give me hope for a better future. This channel is truly inspirational.
@solastalgia4403 жыл бұрын
Really clever. Love the computer vision reducing the precision needed on the reflector installation. Using shot glasses as your composite core material, genius. Also it appears your pivot mechanism uses a single motor? Looks like you can easily stick these in on uneven terrain.
@VrzIam3 жыл бұрын
I like this idea but they will always find a reason for another war.
@laaaliiiluuu3 жыл бұрын
And if there is no reason, they create a reason and then make profit from it.
@Naija4K3 жыл бұрын
This requires raw materials to make! There is your reason! Land ownership an who owns these plants? More reasons!
@cynthiaayers76963 жыл бұрын
Oh yeah trying to start some s*** are you.? You want a war I'll give you a goddamn War.😅 not really. Too many movies.
@salpertia3 жыл бұрын
They're already beginning by buying up family homes lol
@iliaadamanthark83363 жыл бұрын
Yup, not many nations have desert laying around. This could create power dispute in the future, just as bad as oil.
@noldor3853 жыл бұрын
Isn't this the same death ray that literally cooks birds mid flight?
@patricksanders8583 жыл бұрын
Good! Fast food!
@wrailee3 жыл бұрын
No, the one you refer to is the regular solar panels that point to the sun and so birds flying through gets cook. Theirs is different since they reflect it on a single point which is not the sky but a tower to receive the energy.. i think this is better than regular solar farms..
@2MeterLP3 жыл бұрын
@@wrailee regular photovoltaic solar panels dont cook birds, the heck are you talking about? Besides, coal and the resulting climate change kills more animals than the occasional KFC by focused light ever could.
@jackhazardous40083 жыл бұрын
@@2MeterLP who tf uses coal anymore natural gas is cheaper than water
@2MeterLP3 жыл бұрын
@@jackhazardous4008 germany and china use plenty of coal
@MikeBarnhill3 жыл бұрын
Wow!! I just kept saying “Wow!” over and over. So cool.
@picture_in_picture3 жыл бұрын
I am shocked and thrilled to see them succeed
@treborsirrah79163 жыл бұрын
@anonymous one also there are many of these in southern Spain ,since 2011 at least
@DurzoBlunts3 жыл бұрын
@anonymous one ivanpah has been around since 2013 in California. Where do you think the Chinese got the idea?
@madgunnerbomb3 жыл бұрын
23 years ago i showcased a miniature manual version of this to my school exhibition. They gave first prize to coke volcano coz that girls spoke fluent english. Well look at this video judges!
@enosmassey8883 жыл бұрын
It's not too late to go back and fry the staff room 😀😂😀😂
@stevves46473 жыл бұрын
Lool
@PixiLord123 Жыл бұрын
I've been watching these videos and I can't help but think about how humanity needed to start addressing these issues a lot sooner, about how we really just compromised our future for financial gain. I'm sad.
@berndhase43993 жыл бұрын
Would love to see a miniturized version of this for individual households.
@adriansolis1263 жыл бұрын
For distributed generation applications Parabolic Disc technology is usually used, rather than Central Receiver Systems.
@andrewcheshire244 Жыл бұрын
Now THAT is futuristic thinking. Actually its pretty simple to make your own.
@Niyabrock1 Жыл бұрын
or individual neighbourhoods
@Garvm3 жыл бұрын
We have some of them in Spain. No more of them are made because the solar cells are now cheaper and more efficient than this system. You have a Tom Scott video about them
@sodalitia3 жыл бұрын
Finally someone with brains not falling for the hype. It's funny how they will not say a word about numbers in this video. You could cover same area with solar cells and get waaaaay more kWhr's of electricity than with this contraption. Also converting electricity to hydrogen is dumb idea. And they want to here to convert heat to electricty and than to hydrogen. Dumb as hell. Solar can be deployed virtually anywhere on the planet. Private solar energy production and trading it is the future. Fossil fuels companies just don't want democratisation of power, because they loose monopoly. Hence pushing large scale nonsense projects to solve something that already got solution.
@KeithandPamBilyeu3 жыл бұрын
The hydrogen part was dumb to me. But we will need it for some things like ‘space travel’ but if they are wanting to run cars on it I will SCREAM!!
@uni4rm3 жыл бұрын
@@KeithandPamBilyeu There are already cars that run on hydrogen, since its better as a fuel compared to batteries. The cost of such systems isn't efficient at all, however. Go ahead and scream.
@MrCarlRobinson3 жыл бұрын
I’d be interested to see how the rocks are moved from the heat source to the storage.
@millanferende67233 жыл бұрын
They are not. They will use oil to move the heat from the heat-source to the rocks. There are some eco-villages in Holland that use this system to convert sunlight to heat (using conventional solar panels), and then during the winter, distribute this stored heat, to local homes. :)
@MrCarlRobinson3 жыл бұрын
@@millanferende6723 I’ve seen the sand version, (In Finland) that uses excess renewable electricity. It heats via resistive means. They only heat the sand to 5 or 600 deg C. At the temperature they quoted in this video, over 1000 deg C, sand is liquid, and boils around 1500 C. I’d be interested to know which oil is used to make the transfer at that temperature.
@millanferende67233 жыл бұрын
@@MrCarlRobinson No idea, but I can imagine there are plenty of composite materials nowadays that let you have all kinds of properties. I know you had a different kind of mirror array, where they were ) shaped, and all would focus light onto a pipe running through them that contains oil. That is how I imagine it to be. But I guess there is nothing wrong with using sand, the only problem really is that once it cools off and solidifies (say during maintenance), do you just toss away the entire tube-system? It will be interesting to know indeed on how Heliogen has circumvented it. These guys are brilliant.
@MrCarlRobinson3 жыл бұрын
@@millanferende6723 the highest temperature composite heat transfer oil I can find is 600 deg C. I’ve been considering a sand based system for under our house, where the insulated mass is heated in the summer and heat withdrawn over the winter. The house is built on concrete pillars, with a void space underneath, so most of the space is already there. Here’s a resource for the oils. globalhtf.com/heat-transfer-fluids/?lpurl?ppc_keyword=keyword&gclid=CjwKCAjwlYCHBhAQEiwA4K21m4z6lQ_DP5UXQyTwbHfqmBcixAgeFBXc2swUayRXKK0UsqsnBH3DdBoCp-4QAvD_BwE
@millanferende67233 жыл бұрын
@MrCarlRobinson Well it seems like you know more about sand cooling than me. That is so cool!I was personally thinking that the oil runs so fast, that the oil only heats up to 500 degrees. Like it's 1500 degrees at the core, but the fast flowing oil cools it down.But I could be wrong though. It would be nice to see what they actually do. I am subscribed to their channel and am excited to see how it all actually works. 👍🏻
@ConnorsHike2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for caring enough to share this information.
@deepjyotistories3 жыл бұрын
This is revolutionary and change how we sustainably have a better future.
@deepjyotistories3 жыл бұрын
@@mediterraneandiet2483 Not just anything but things which can be generated and used efficiently over a long period of time.
@baneverything55803 жыл бұрын
These are bird slaughtering devices. In the past all of these were huge failures.
@uni4rm3 жыл бұрын
No. No mirror tech isn't new at all. They even say so in the video.
@deepjyotistories3 жыл бұрын
@@uni4rm controllable mirrors?
@ericlotze77243 жыл бұрын
CSP HYPEEEEEE (it doesn’t get enough love vs PV, so i am SO GLAD a major group like you covered it)
@ericlotze77243 жыл бұрын
Also the “built in storage” via molten salt or saturated steam can have them run for a day with no/not enough sun, all with no huge battery banks needed! (i think some places use phase change materials or powders that heat hp upon dissolution but not really common iirc)
@ericlotze77243 жыл бұрын
Some people have pointed out the issue of birds, but the same measures that airports use can prevent / reduce that issue
@ericlotze77243 жыл бұрын
Also it produces heat directly which can be beneficial for some industrial uses, as jt has less losses over sun->pv->arc furnace or hydrogen/synfuel burner being just sun-heat
@ericlotze77243 жыл бұрын
And *supergrids* !
@CL-gq3no3 жыл бұрын
@@ericlotze7724, Agreed, the bird concerns are very much overstated anyway. I was just in Nevada and Arizona for a week. I barely saw any birds outside of the cities. Deserts aren't known for having massive bird populations and animals tend to stay away from fields full of strange moving reflective mirrors anyway.
@Ashtree813 жыл бұрын
6:36 I wouldnt want to captain that ship with 18000 TEUs of liquid hydrogen though
@prithvishetty69383 жыл бұрын
new startup idea, autonomous ships
@shanehoward85793 жыл бұрын
@@prithvishetty6938 *laughs in modern day piracy*
@merlinious013 жыл бұрын
@@shanehoward8579 You ever play a turret tower defense game? That, but put it on a boat
@joeferreira6573 жыл бұрын
Mr. Bill GROSS and Steve Schell, you built proof that it works, 3 cheers to you. Fantastic
@stevensteven48633 жыл бұрын
I am always in awe of what Human kind is capable of..
@ArcticPrimal3 жыл бұрын
US military: ahhh a solar death ray?! noice
@robertsamson46103 жыл бұрын
The power companies will try and block this because they see this as a threat to their business. Also, how do you keep all those mirrors clean so they work at optimal efficiency? Personally, I think this is a great idea and I hope it catches on.
@KFC431 Жыл бұрын
Ig they can always install a swipper and they all get clean at same time for max efficiency, it's true that it might be a concern since they want to install those mirrors in desert place which mirrors might accumulate dust, or we might be just overthinking and those dust don't really do anything
@dancoyle6911 Жыл бұрын
You can’t block a company from purchasing land, mirrors, and rocks.
@ryankramer8358 Жыл бұрын
amazing graphics, and i like the owner he seemed sincere in his need to help the world.
@sarfrazahmed81783 жыл бұрын
Take the oil and gas subsidies off of them and add them to the alternate energy projects. BOOM! You get cheaper alternate energy.
@Skidmark753 жыл бұрын
I know right. So, why dont the Democrats do that?
@sarfrazahmed81783 жыл бұрын
@@Skidmark75 Oil and gas industry has deep pockets and we all know how lobbying works
@Skidmark753 жыл бұрын
@@sarfrazahmed8178 I completely agree with you. Even the Democrats dont really want to fix the problem otherwise they would do just that. For them it is a talking point or a way to gain votes just so they can push their priority agendas when in power again.
@misterguts3 жыл бұрын
Good idea, but we'd have to stop voting Republican to get that done.
@Skidmark753 жыл бұрын
@@misterguts there is real humor to you saying that when Democrats have control right now and are doing basically nothing. Maybe you dont know or don't want to believe they lied to you yet again.
@evanparent073 жыл бұрын
I love content like this. It's insightful, hopeful and attainable.
@freethink3 жыл бұрын
So glad to hear, thanks for watching!
@paxundpeace99703 жыл бұрын
Hopeful it is. This is a declaration of war against traditional solar farms. That really on photovoltaic. But it hasn't been long sicne they themself had pushed solarthermic energy production from the board.
@danielmiddleton29003 жыл бұрын
It’s also been tried and has failed. Watch planet of the humans by Michael Moore. This very thing was proven to not work. Just like all “green energy”
@sinnombre54663 жыл бұрын
Saw this over 20 years ago , nothing came of it....what's stopping them.
@zefellowbud59703 жыл бұрын
Infrastructure perhaps? Like there is no infrastructure built for it yet? Idk im no expert
@zefellowbud59703 жыл бұрын
So apparently some were shutdown because they cooked birds Perhaps they need to come up with a method to scare them off
@lancetheking75243 жыл бұрын
@@zefellowbud5970 this solar power generator is sponsored by, KFC
@OG_ALviK3 жыл бұрын
Maybe the cost of maintenence is pretty high... I don't think that those mirrors gonna clean themselves...
@DurzoBlunts3 жыл бұрын
@@zefellowbud5970 ivanpah had immense maintenance costs and yah it cooked birds
@JohnHall3 жыл бұрын
"Why don't we have another way to get our energy that is more local?" After also taking about hydrogen generation and shipping it globally as a mirror of the same model we currently have with oil tankers instead filled with hydrogen. 🙄
@kelvinpraises3 жыл бұрын
How did I never get to watch your videos, got me at 1:43 😂
@ganjalfthegreen53123 жыл бұрын
Feels somewhat weird that no one else is commenting about that part
@sgnotlewis3 жыл бұрын
Great content, easy to digest, and wonderfully executed editing/VFX. Subbed. Would love to see more content around climate change and sustainable energy.
@somescorpio17983 жыл бұрын
40 year old tech gets a face-lift and now is going to save the world? Sounds like a marketing campaign for another round of funding.
@shenangela92252 жыл бұрын
This is honestly such an aspiring and well made series!!!!
@desperado43673 жыл бұрын
So these guys are trying to save the world? Awesome
@Geologese3 жыл бұрын
Dont worry they cause water issues, but shhhhhh dont let anybody hear that.
@freethink3 жыл бұрын
The more the merrier!
@Neojhun3 жыл бұрын
@@Geologese WTF that's some nonsense.
@Geologese3 жыл бұрын
@@Neojhun did you not hear they use it to split the oxygen from the hydrogen? They also do these in low water areas. But it you want to ignore the obvious issues, be my guest. Im not going to waste any more time trying to argue this.
@kaedo-27403 жыл бұрын
@@Geologese ya know that all of the places they've mentioned are near salty water bodies? Well that ain't potable water and so it's not taking away a necessary element to survival. If we have to sacrifice 1Km^3 of water to sustain all of the world's energy consumption, then I think it's a sacrifice that all of the nations are willing to take.
@anandsuralkar29473 жыл бұрын
The rock battery and blue sky camera tech blew my mind
@rsmithabq83043 жыл бұрын
Eureka , I really feel like this IS a eureka video for the planet’s climate problem . Here is what I like . #1 The mirrors vs solar or the mirrors vs nuclear is a no brainer . The mirrors win on many different levels . I don’t feel an argument is required . #2 The rocks are used as batteries . WHO WOULD HAVE THUNK , ROCKS AS BATTERIES ? ! ? ! ? A question I have is when converting the rock energy to hydrogen , will a water shortage also become another problem answered or addressed ? Somebody , ANYBODY , maybe Elon Musk please make this happen ! This is right up there with landing men and women on Mars . I would gladly quit my job as a bus driver , to make this happen .
@DeanReading2 жыл бұрын
First of all, I really appreciate these videos. They're interesting, entertaining, and have excellent production quality. I have some comments on this one for constructive purposes: It would have been helpful to see how they heat the rocks, and then how they convert that thermal energy to electricity. The competitor to beat is solar PV panels. Can this tech compete economically? The ending message is somewhat contradictory. First, they propose that there will be a handful of 'producer' areas (SW USA, Australia, northern Africa, etc) and the rest of the world are 'consumer' areas in an interdependent network. Immediately after, they advocate the importance of producing energy near where we need it. If this system is used to generate green hydrogen, what's the point of the rock vault that stores thermal energy?
@nickhepburn51502 жыл бұрын
"what's the point of the rock vault that stores thermal energy?" Efficiency. Waste not, want not.
@DeanReading2 жыл бұрын
@@nickhepburn5150 if you're converting the energy to hydrogen, then adding a thermal storage step in-between will reduce the efficiency.
@lanceadams35523 жыл бұрын
Very exciting, extremely well done production however i left slightly confused, Id really like to know more about the conversion of this source into electricity, the rocks is super interesting but need more info about their conversion to practical energy as well as the hydrogen. Maybe it deserves another video because this was very well done, I also enjoyed it, great infotainment
@Eryna_3 жыл бұрын
Solar panels I assume. I mean, nuclear would work better and the ONLY issue is storing the radioactive items but that isn't as big of a problem as you might think.
@valli61743 жыл бұрын
All very noble but in the end of the day, this is a business like any other. Then there is this vision of putting this in few locations and distributing the energy to those who need it, well... these locations could in theory stop providing just as easily as nations who control fossil fuels. Then there is the hydrogen, that´s a whole different topic which I think is a bad idea (for small scale use like powering cars and such).
@femiogundipe7673 жыл бұрын
Why do you think hydrogen is a bad idea for small scale use?
@valli61743 жыл бұрын
@@femiogundipe767 Hydrogen to power for example cars; producing electricity -> producing hydrogen (which is only 70-80% efficient) -> storing hydrogen (infrastructure + energy) -> transporting hydrogen (vehicles + energy) -> storing it again -> infrastructure to distribute it (hydrogen stations, infrastructure + energy, plus continuing dependency on companies to provide you with energy so you can get about) -> car Electricity to power for example cars; Produce electricity (which you can do yourself if you want) -> transport (electric grid if you get it from an electric company, otherwise, it´s just your house wiring) -> household energy stations -> car Now, there are some who try and debunk this by saying that electric vehicles get their electricity from fossil fuel power stations, but most don´t know that most hydrogen, or ∼95%, is produced by fossil fuels. Also, there a nations that are running near 100% renewable energy like Iceland, Norway, Costa Rica and so on, so it just makes more sense to have electric vehicles and they are getting better and better. Imagine getting away with not using hydrogen stations. No more "gas" stations, you would just charge at home or in small stations in parking lots, that makes more sense to me.
@uni4rm3 жыл бұрын
@@valli6174 You don't get it. What you are advocating would work in a densely populated area like European cities. But that wouldn't work in the US. It's not about how hydrogen is produced now. Its about replacing that method with a green process on a large scale that would essentially replace gasoline as the main fuel as fuel cells in cars. It will take years to replace fossil fuels in America as the main production for electricity. Nuclear has sat at 20% for years, and is the best efficient way to produce electricity large scale, but there are only 4 new plants planned and only 1 built since the turn of the century. While battery tech is pretty neat, it is so lacking in density that you would need some new tech which doesn't exist yet to compete with a fuel driven vehicle systems. Note that any battery car with good range competing with ICE vehicles are extremely expensive. Most people cannot afford long-range $80,000 electric cars or their own solar panel system at home. And if they don't live at home, but in an apartment block, where do they charge? Hydrogen is a solution now, that can work within the fuel distribution system the US has now. Electric vehicles will always have issues with range and efficiency. That's why they lost the last fuel wars when they came out over 100 years ago.
@valli61743 жыл бұрын
@@uni4rm That simply isn´t true. Battery technology is on the verge to tackle some major hurdles. I don´t think you fully grasp that, hydrogen is only perpetuating the old system of locking the customer in a very inefficient network, paying probably much more for the hydrogen than ever for the electricity. I think that the electric vehicle market will take a jump in the next years and range won´t be an issue any more. We are already past 500 km range with electricity and that is with old technology, the new one will push us even further, without many of the old technology problems and that is happening within the next 5 - 10 years, even sooner. There is a reason why most companies are betting on electricity and even countries. Many countries who bet on hydrogen and tested buses have switched to electricity as they have simply given up on it. Hydrogen may do some wonders for big consumers like ships and airplanes but that still remains to be seen. I sincerely hope hydrogen won´t take over, I don´t need to be addicted to yet another monopoly of "gas" companies, if I want to produce my own electricity and charge my car with it, I want to have the option. If hydrogen wins, you can bet that you won´t be producing much of it at home and filling you car with it.
@nikhilparanjape7890 Жыл бұрын
I think this guy gets it right... he is talking about making renewable cheap... cheaper than fossils... I hope this guy is the winner.. I hope he wins for us...
@courtlaw13 жыл бұрын
Would be interesting if they could do this within a city. Place the mirrors in strategic locations to achieve the same thing. Buildings full of rocks to store the heat.
@thegreatrainman23363 жыл бұрын
I think for cities Hydro makes more sense put a turbine on a tall building it already has running water just tap into it and boom. The kind of heat this thing creates is way too dangerous.
@scott.ballard3 жыл бұрын
Interesting idea, but you lost me at generating hydrogen and transporting it over long distances.
@KeithandPamBilyeu3 жыл бұрын
The hydrogen part of this SMH….but hydrogen needed for space travel…but not for cars or anything else please!
@ZaerSteve3 жыл бұрын
Tell me how you hate batteries without telling me you hate batteries.
@ultrastoat32983 жыл бұрын
Yah, was a pretty good con for 6 minutes and 27 seconds.
@uni4rm3 жыл бұрын
Why did they lose you? Generating hydrogen with basically little cost investment is the way to drive down the cost of the end-fuel.
@spadress3 жыл бұрын
@@uni4rm The problem with hydrogen is the small size of the atoms/molecule (literally number 1 on the periodic table, the smallest) and therfore it escapes from all kinds of non preventable small cracks in even the most expensive tanks over time, especially if tranported (movement, vibration).
@SirBrittanicvs3 жыл бұрын
Oil-Rich countries and their well-armed allies: *tough-guy finger snapping*
@kasraeskandari93512 жыл бұрын
people already tried this and failed. because regular solar panels are cheaper and less risky. and the wars are not fought for oil. they are fought for taking control over power. once the power is not oil anymore, people will fight for whatever it is.
@NickyMitchell852 жыл бұрын
“Burning 🥵 dinosaurs 🦕”: I like 👍 it. Excellent 👍 analogy..
@ingebygstad96673 жыл бұрын
If it's possible to make a damn cheap, but strong mirror that doesn't require much maintenance, with inexpensive materials, then this can absolutely become a thing.
@ottodidakt30693 жыл бұрын
it is possible !
@Brandon_letsgo3 жыл бұрын
How silly! There is no way this will become cheap. Just another alternative energy BS.
@ingebygstad96673 жыл бұрын
@@smilingmoon9095 Please. I'm an Atheist to the bone-marrow, so when I say _this_ is not the way to do it, and actually care to reply and criticize an Atheist for his or her methods, I _mean_ it.
@ingebygstad96673 жыл бұрын
@@Brandon_letsgo Nothing is "cheap." The question is how narrowed down technologically these facilities actually can be. If it's nothing but a set of rotating reflecting mirrors that are run by software, pinpointed at one spot that creates over 1000 C that in turn runs a boiler, spinning a turbine - creating energy that are collected in tanks filled with rocks? Now.... That neither sound too expensive to build, too fancy, nor too technical does it? But I'm sure you can make it very expensive very quickly by just requiring telescope lens quality on every mirror.
@rogerjamespaul55283 жыл бұрын
@@Brandon_letsgo You poor thing, you.
@deborahzahler9133 жыл бұрын
Please do another video with more information on cost, is it now in process and What would it take to bring to reality? This video said ten years making the reduction of co2 doable for the first time !
@MEOW-sh9qz Жыл бұрын
One problem though will be the insects and bird that would get fried or blinded when the go between the mirror and collector
@kellyb.mcdonald18632 жыл бұрын
You are in a position to contribute, and contribute you have Bill!!! Sir!!! I know you probably don't need anyone saying this or that about your Heliostat - Love You Bill - The rock pit that you plan to hold the heat at night, just be sure the precise volume of rock material that will be needed is all that is used, also experiment on the various types of rock, for longest lasting heat.
@ImDanielAlvarez3 жыл бұрын
Heliogen, unlocking the power of sunlight to replace fossil fuels. ☀️☀️☀️
@gurumage95553 жыл бұрын
We've been doing this for decades now... Nothing here is fundamentally new...
@TheCynicalOptimist883 жыл бұрын
@@gurumage9555 the ability to adjust the mirrors so accurately and autonomously is unlocking the full potential of this technology... Which is huge . .. ..
@harounhajem79723 жыл бұрын
@@TheCynicalOptimist88 whut you can't predict where the sun is going to be? Wtf! The Egyptians built pyramids aligning distans galaxis and built sun clocks. Its not like the sun takes different routes everyday 😂☀️
@jeromecorsi21263 жыл бұрын
@@harounhajem7972 well, given that the inclination of the trajectory of the sun differs every day due to earth inclination (reason why there are white nights above Arctic) it s not that simple to track :) and goal here is to get more efficiency: older technology of solar furnaces existed for decades but had lot of losses as they couldn't track precisely So it s a big deal to make it more efficient
@tericulbertson44303 жыл бұрын
@@harounhajem7972 you are hilariously unintelligent. im surprised you can type honestly.
@colindevoe34603 жыл бұрын
This is incredible!!! Looking forward to following along with this project
@harrytuttle40693 жыл бұрын
wow, this could be used for desalinization plants. I'd like to see this replace conventionally powered plants on the US West coast, with pipelines carrying the purified water to the interior where we are currently in a deep, prolonged drought. This would stop the states from battling over the Colorado River. Aim the beam right at a water tank and allow the steam to collect, pump the pure water directly into depleted aquifers and there is no need to build storage.
@AskeladdCalvo3 жыл бұрын
What a great Work. That's inovation. He didn't invented the solar energy, but reinvented the way to use it more efficientily... That's awesome... thanks for the video!!!
@remotenetwork50343 жыл бұрын
I heard stories were these things were known to set flying birds on fire.
@freethink3 жыл бұрын
That's a common concern! We asked Heliogen and this was their response: "As a company whose entire mission is focused on decarbonization and the preservation of the planet, our technology has been designed with special care to mitigate any threats to birds or other wildlife. Heliogen’s Sunlight Refinery differs greatly from traditional concentrated solar power (CSP) design. Instead of large reflective panels, we use an array of small mirrors that are programmed via advanced computer vision software to adjust to the sun’s position throughout the day and precisely reflect sunlight to a single target. Compared to traditional CSP, the size of the fields, receiver and tower are much smaller, and the software optimization ensures the highest accuracy of reflection, all of which substantially reduces potential avian impact. Heliogen is committed to minimizing impacts of our technology through strict adherence to permitting, wildlife surveys, ongoing assessment and collaboration with conservation authorities. It’s also important to keep in mind that the leading “man-made” causes of bird deaths each year include 980 million from buildings, 174 million from power lines, and up to 340 million from vehicles/roads. Wind turbines generating renewable energy have faced similar criticism for avian impacts, but analyses of bird fatalities by energy sources found it’s a meager fraction compared to coal (328,000 high estimate for wind vs. nearly 8 million for coal, which includes everything from mining to production and climate change). Our goal is to curb climate change, which currently puts two-thirds of bird species at risk of extinction in North America alone. While we cannot completely eliminate all wildlife impacts of Heliogen projects, there’s much more at stake if we don’t take action to decarbonize the economy today."
@10-OSwords3 жыл бұрын
Literally just saw a video on a plant like this where the mirrors were slightly off & it set the whole thing on fire & because the mirrors move there are many more parts to manage & points it can breakdown & that a regular solar field is less efficient but far less costly to maintain...I'm betting on these new small nuclear reactor SMRs. Seem safer & more economical, sounds bueno to me.
@gprogers12 жыл бұрын
A lot of rays of hope for the future - good luck. An uplifting view of the future with an action plan.
@DTrackFinder3 жыл бұрын
Amazing! The scalability is the real edge here, GOOD LUCK 🍀 🙏🙏
@pops72493 жыл бұрын
US goverment : nice, lets use this for war. just like the nuclear
@MrHondacr500r3 жыл бұрын
The earth already is a hot rock...1,083,206,916,846 cubic kilometres of it actually.
@momentary_3 жыл бұрын
Build a geothermal plant on top of Yellowstone.
@uni4rm3 жыл бұрын
@@momentary_ No one lives out there. So you would be supplying energy to.....wolves and Old Faithful. And you know that Yellowstone is a volcano, right?
@RyanHandby8 ай бұрын
I was playing Dyson Sphere Program on the weekend. These dudes are playing it in real life. Impressive.
@alexanderleslie79782 жыл бұрын
This whole series needs to be shown to all world leaders
@siegfried1x23 жыл бұрын
How do they know where the sun is? Interns of course. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 that was a good one
@minademian21943 жыл бұрын
It's a brilliant idea. However, I'm missing information on how this project would stop war over energy? It can be built at few areas on earth, same as oil rigs.
@harounhajem79723 жыл бұрын
Few areas, the desert is expanding and with global warming they can soon built this station in every country 😂
@BBC3573 жыл бұрын
Its called "lets roll with our entire combined fantasy" 🤣
@pistoluity3 жыл бұрын
Well, if you have "unlimited energy", you could use it to desaline sea water and maybe prevent the water wars that are coming in the next decades.
@ad_astra4683 жыл бұрын
Well it can be built anywhere, it's just less efficient in some places
@braincell45362 жыл бұрын
Whatever tries to quench the World's thirst for fossil fuels, the less likely we are to go to war. We are so dependent on Fossil fuels that it practically runs the Developed nations of the world who will be willing to fight for it. De-reliance on fossil fuels would stop this
@1Deri Жыл бұрын
I'm here for the narrator as much as I am for the content... Nicely done #Freethink #HardReset
@2zNick3 жыл бұрын
Things like this will cause wars, but lessen the number of future wars
@ghalmenschlager3 жыл бұрын
It seems about right… let’s see if it’s gonna work though
@thetransformatorium79803 жыл бұрын
It works, and its been being done since the 1970s. Using hydrogen as an energy transfer medium is a twist, but not a new twist. I'm building a micro version in my back yard, but not with hydrogen or with robotic construction. Cheers! 😁
@divyanshdwivedi97513 жыл бұрын
Very confusing how they will extract electricity from rocks
@OllieRy3213 жыл бұрын
Heat?
@magikkar2nd3 жыл бұрын
Heat to produce steam to spin a turbine to create electricity
@KoushikPaulliveandletlive2 жыл бұрын
This guy should live at least 100 years. A handful of such people can change the world.
@alexmaccity2 жыл бұрын
Didn't that project go belly up? The maintenance from dust, and repairing the motors became too problematic.
@IdiotF0ol3 жыл бұрын
Really confused why they need to track the sun via cameras. The Earth’s tilt and rotation are fixed. We can look up the solar elevation and azimuth for any date and time. These could be fully automated by just following a clock and lookup tables. Also would’ve liked to see how heat is converted to hydrogen in this system.
@javierhualde7393 жыл бұрын
If I understood correctly, what you propose for tracking the mirrors is precisely the "industry standard", as the Sun's position is predicted easily. But it requires a very fine adjustment on each mirror when installed, a very precise tracking system and a very robust system (mounts, motors, encoders, etc.). Their system allows to "plant" the mirrors almost carelessly and as they are continuously adjusting their position, the mechatronics inside to tilt the mirror can be simpler and cheaper. And they claim they can reach higher temperatures too, so the solar concentration is tighter.
@javierhualde7393 жыл бұрын
And regarding the conversion to hydrogen, I guess they use molten rocks store the heat and have a continuous 24 hour operation. My guess is that the molten rock can be used to generate steam that a turbine can use to generate electricity. As these installations will mostly be in remote areas, and distributing electricity over large distances is very costly and inefficient, the electricity can be used in electrolyzers to split water (this can be an issue in a desert, it may have to be transported there) into oxygen (usually discarded) and hydrogen (compressed and shipped elsewhere). This green hydrogen can be used directly by the industry or it can be converted back into electricity with fuel cells.
@IdiotF0ol3 жыл бұрын
@@javierhualde739 thanks. Upon review, I came to that conclusion, as well. Different heights of the mirrors will impact things, as will the distance away from the target zone. So, it does make sense that they use cameras as they do.
@RaumBances3 жыл бұрын
7:25 "we can move the energy where the sun is good in those deserts to where the people who need it live." 8:31 "why don't we have another way of getting our energy that's more local?"
@abdullahmaqsood53483 жыл бұрын
😂
@linusmlgtips21233 жыл бұрын
It is technically "more" local relative to how we get our oil today.
@dancoyle6911 Жыл бұрын
I love this idea because it’s one that the oil industry can’t kill. It’s the purchase of land, mirrors, rocks, and steel tanks. How can you kill that?
@onyenkeyafelixnwigwe79713 жыл бұрын
When I started speaking to the hearing of people at my adolescent and teens age,I was taught seriously not to speak up for myself if I get into any trouble,be it a conflict or a simple injury I was inflicted with and the method used were sever whipping and lashing with wipes either woods,crap metals or other heavy artillery.Even when I had an eye injury which have left me handicap today I couldn't tell what really resulted to the injury to my parents given that I would face very hot punishment equivalent to the injury to my eye which I had to hide so as not to bring more pain to myself.I have to go hungry when am not feed and so were how things were for me and each time I raise any topic about myself then I get to dance its tones which results to me having several illnesses like fever, headache,joint pains etc.This practice of beating me up were held in high standards by my parents and siblings together with their friends and well wishers and I was given extra hard duties to perform with other various tasks known to have killed many I grew up knowing.I get to own very few things and I sleep with no comfort with various pests and rodents attacks which broke my then weak tissues.I had to get ahead of my class due to the immersed situation I was taken into and they'll only guarantee my safety if I did well in school in whatever class I might find myself which equally adds more loads to the burdens back then on my time list and checks.To help matters get worst,I did have little time for myself so I don't get much around people to know them more so as to ask them to help me and that marked the gross conducts to which I took and see that life hanged on my balance.The people I grew up with took blissfulness as their social well and behavioral synthesis from which all types of various convectional conductive radiation was springed into me with enigma which I have only to be a part of as there were no where else to go who might accept me I know of till,this all have made me to hate the family I came in from and I had to work hard to rewrite all the DNA I have in relationships with them and equally remove it's RNA stimulus so as not to be part in what being part of them can report to and it was very time consuming with great pains which stopped me from responding to the actions and activities as required from this class of people.I had to endure some of the benefits enjoyed by being in this group and I also need not to take any of their heritage as presumed I would someday because I haven't shown much to do when it comes I work as their family member and I pose no threat to them given that I show minimal approach in any matters concerning them which they now tap into to use against me and terminate me forever so that their timeline would still continue in the lineage which is now never possible.I now only subcontract those jobs they needed done to others who get well paid to do the dirty works and then they also get to answer their son,dauther,brother,sister etc which I know wouldn't help the lives of everyone and can under task suicidal attempts to the targeted individuals.I was kidnapped and tortured which I have to endure it horrors and it haven't been ones I have to suffer from various illness including post traumatic stress disorder,this kidnapping was done by militants,cultists,household members etc and they all made their demands which was granted to them before my release.I also see that when this culprit were even caught red handed,they find their way back into the society without suffering for the crimes they have done with only minimal sentences served.I also have to work around their watch since the didn't get served and they also plan on how to have me kidnapped more often when the see me and this makes them to use drastic forces to force me around where they would find it easier to negotiate terms on how they are to release me and that includes forced labour etc.I seem to them as someone that needs correction when they don't like to be corrected not for any reason and they try as much as possible to correct me when or however am found. In as much as I have been in serious hard times I don't get considered when it happens to taken as so but I can only say now that that alot have been accomplished by me which rarely any random person wouldn't say he or had done which have made me a professional in my field from my continuous hardwork, dedication and encouragement I get in the streets.I know countless people who really wants to succeed like me and have taken extra measure to get by things in there everyday life where they had to put more efforts to make ends meet but still from natural circumstances they couldn't and can't overwork their heart beat due to life challenges and that marks them notably to me because they themselves try much as possible to really see out for themselves and get whatever the want without much reliance from the outside world which on the process they get exploited only to regain themselves when the take my professional outlook in comparison to what the are up to and currently doing.I also know what people are planning right before the start to think about it or in the process in planning them and I have also known that I don't fall into nice plans in what the have on going in their life which would undermine my own life.i have to work extra time so as not to fall into the traps set by people in other to lay down on me heavy drastic blows they all have been planning on me which to them the see as a way to get things done for themselves and also make head ways in life.As presumed,I get to take more efforts to make quick discussions when I see that am at risk from where I found myself given the line of study I took in schools and this keeps me ahead of time most times in short notices.I equally have to keep track of all the notification I get when being delayed in various circumstances and I only conclude that it might be due to the scarce resources.Am equally prone to be in a fight one way or the other from the various challenges that come to me which would first require my personal skill in combat if I was to survive that same moment and I try to give back more to necessitate a quick recovery for myself.I equally take myself not fit for any job as long as it requires a steady state in terms involvement which when taken I equally get into trouble in understanding who am to answer to as the case might be because people take their various work places as a place where the can utilize the small earned economy they have on them to tackle other who fall lower in their ratio of work to payment in.There are equally very isolated areas around my neighborhood where people are kidnapped and taken to,to be tortured and beaten up before the can be sert free after a certain ransom have been taken and in this locations widely used as cover up lands for government officials resident areas where those seen as keeping guard so that the land wouldn't be tampered by anyone gets the upper hands when it comes to the illicit jobs going on this areas.Though the have been caught one way or the other but the use some kind of mysterious means to get themselves out and back to the business of slaying people and causing horrifying tragic moments in peoples lives.The places which have several aboundoned cars and uncompleted building serve as what is used to hide the illicit drugs being use to make those hardened criminals more lucrative and also weapons of various kinds which are stored with great care and shows no tangibility that it would spoil by any means naturally or artificially, aboundoned properties also make a very nice location to hide much more of this groups actions when it comes to their artilleries or human resource.It equally gets more difficult when government officials who gets too greedy takes part in masking this criminal activities up through the provision of a safe heaven to them if they happen to draw much attention to themselves by giving them clues about state arrests or the current internal broadcast on the plans to work them out of the job the have taken.It is taken taken that criminals who can mastermind various illicit activities and actions to its full accomplishment are to held in high regards in various topic raising locations in various states and when they equally take part in them,they are seen as modern day Robin hood and given more high notes and awards than any other person.This have made alot of people create more means to kill more people using acts of neglect, carelessness and other various misconduct so that the can be used as topic points anywhere.People from other African countries who have dual citizenship creates more problems to us within the country.The do that by out smarting various people of their position in various work places and tracking down the activities of others so as to steal their properties when the happen not to be aware.The are equally well funded by their main country and the take out country as being inferior which makes them to perform various activities and actions as relative to gangs which includes buying drugs off the market and storing them till the expire or the just dispose them off without making use of it so that when someone falls sick and trys to ask for his medicine,he or she would be told that the medicine is out of stock and he ought to wait for a stock to come.
@bgtubber3 жыл бұрын
Are "the big players" going to allow them to do this? I would say no because they lose control. Who controls energy controls the world. I wish them luck anyway.
@khalidh30913 жыл бұрын
You can't stop the sea with your hands, if they can show that they can produce cheap decarbonated energy they will win of course
@CL-gq3no3 жыл бұрын
I don't think the big fossil fuel players are going to be able to use their power to maintain the status quo going forward. They were able to do that in the past because renewables had not reached maturity, economies of scale, etc. So the big players only competition was weak and had to be propped up with subsidies, grants, etc. to get off the ground. It was like taking candy from a baby. Over the past several years the dynamic has changed. Solar and wind power are now the cheapest forms of new energy to implement in almost every part of the world. Market forces are taking over. The fossil fuel based "big players" are going to be forced to adapt (i.e. compete with better technology) or become a relic of the past. It may seem impossible, but this story has played out many times before. A new disruptive technology comes along. Status quo giants first ignore it as a "niche market", then make fun of how expensive/non-practical it is, then realize it is a viable threat...often after it's too late to change their own course. Railroad industry before automotive, telegraph before phones, land line phones before cellular, cable TV providers, newspapers, Blockbuster, Motorola, Kodak, Nokia, and on and on and on. Fossil fuel energy and legacy auto manufacturing have their heads on the chopping block whether they know it or not.
@KWifler3 жыл бұрын
There will always be people attracted to big ideas and power. No need to enslave everyone. Or anyone. Deconstruct the pyramids.
@freethink3 жыл бұрын
Hopefully as renewables and next-generation clean energy sources gain traction, and governments are increasingly aligned behind them, special interests don't have as much power to stop things like these as they may have had in the past.