One option is to combine a Stirling engine with a solar concentrator resembling a satellite dish that can harness the power of 1, 000 suns.

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Through a very unique concentrator design and the latest advances in semiconductor technology, we have developed a solar panel that requires two to three times less solar cell material than current solar panels.

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There, a piece of hardware called the concentrator unit plucks the data off a fiber-optic network, reformulates it into a signal at 2 to 30 megahertz and injects that signal onto the power line.

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Mining rates are averaging approximately 200, 000 metric tons per day, which is approximately two thirds of normal production rates, and essentially all mining rates dedicated to the production of ore to feed the concentrator and the leach pad which are both operating at near capacity levels, the company said.

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Ivanpah is a solar concentrator project, using fields of mirrors, known as heliostats, to concentrate sunlight onto a solar receiver on top of a tower. (This project when finished will include 173, 000 heliostats.) The concentrated sunlight is used to heat water, generating steam which is used to turn a traditional turbine and generator to produce electricity.

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