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Message: <blockquote data-quote="cignus_pfaccari" data-source="post: 4065010" data-attributes="member: 14557">Pity they can't use all that excess heat for *something*, though my understanding is that the released water isn't quite at bath temperature when it's released into a river.The more recent stuff is apparently not using photovoltaics, but instead using mirrors to concentrate sunlight to boil water* to run a turbine.  It's possible to store that heat (via something like liquid sodium) and even out the electricity supply over the day/night cycle and account for cloudiness.* - It's kind of ironic that we use nuclear power and other such highly advanced technologies to, well, boil water.  I vaguely remember reading something about a direct current thing with nuclear power, but it was a long time ago and in a GURPS book.Brad</blockquote>