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Show grid's Largest idar Collector Lwrld's largest solar f. or is nearing comple-L'lCrosbyton, comple-L'lCrosbyton, Tex., a iitilMOin cotton-grow-i. tvest Texas. It's a sta-' sta-' J 65-foot bowl of lis - first conceived by I titizens and subtly sub-tly given support by I '. vestment of Energy. THIS experiment is of intense in-tense interest all over the country. More sophisticated -solar collectors are being built and planned elsewhere moving types which tract the sun. But the collector at Crosbyton is designed to be economical, with the hope that if it works, others like it will immediately be built to furnish all the town's energy needs. If, indeed, the present 65-foot 65-foot bowl is successful in operation, the plan is to construct cons-truct ten larger ones (if federal aid continues). That would make the town self-sufficient, self-sufficient, even enable it to sell excess electricity. The ten larger collectors would be 200 feet in diameter, rather than 65. THE TEXAS experiment is .unique because it began locally as a town project. The stationary collector (moving collectors, such as one in Barstow, Calif., are also being be-ing aided by DOE) is possibly more practical for the average town or city which seeks power at competitive prices. |
