Massive Solar Power Tower
Solar Mission Project
EnviroMission Limited
Schlaich Bergermann and Partner
The Solar Mission Project is a one kilometre tall solar thermal tower intended for construction in the Australian dessert by 2006. The 200 megawatt tower would generate power 24 hours per day and provide energy for 200, 000 homes and abate over 700,000 tonnes of greenhouse gases annually. A prototype constructed in Manzanares, Spain successfully produced power throughout a three-year trial period.
Sunlight hits the glass roof surrounding the solar chimney heating the air and earth underneath along with water-filled tubes. The air is then forced by the laws of physics (hot air rises) to move as a wind up through the chimney. This air rises through wind turbines inside the chimney generating electricity. When the sun is obscured by clouds or has set for the night, the water-filled tubes and earth release stored heat generating airflow to drive the turbines.
In 2002 Time Magazine voted Solar Tower Technology one of the best inventions of the year.









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