Replacing Fossil Fuels and Electricity with Industrial Sun Tracking Mirrors

PISMO BEACH, Calif., Aug. 22, 2012. For decades it’s been known that heliostats – sun tracking mirrors – have the potential to provide low-cost heat and light for buildings and even for industrial processes. Unfortunately, commercial heliostats have been plagued by reliability problems, high cost, and fragile mirrors, not to mention tricky-to-use control systems. And [...]