Pyramids are not obsolete piece of fine museum collection. In fact, they are still very inspiring. And some industrial designers and engineers got to rediscover the beauty of ancient Egypt pharaohs’ tombs to create this solar plant. According to the Singapore-based MSC Power Corp. which is responsible for this construction, it could supply up to 36 megawatts, so the generic capacity of a natural gas-fired plant.
“Threesome”. The pyramid combines 3 different ways to produce electricity. Of course, the first one is the solar panels. But the 2 other mechanisms are less obvious: heated air moving a wind turbine located at the top of the structure, and heated gas feeding another generator right below the former one.
Water plant. The heat steam will then go warm water circulating inside the power plant. And turn the sophisticated pyramid into a water plant. Water is in fact its secondary function. A build-in inverse osmosis module constantly desalinizes seawaters or used waters into drinkable ones.
The first installation was made in Mumai, India. It would take some nine months to build it but it’s apparently worth doing it. From an sheer economical point of view, MSC chairman Steven Mok claims sun-driven pyramid power plants to turn profitable within only 3 years, almost the same life-cycle as cars. He is even preparing an IPO for his company and planning to construct some nine new pyramids.
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