In 1982, the Germans built a 195-metre solar fireplace in Castile, a revolutionary prototype supposed to last three years. The tower works seven years before collapsing in 1989, not because of a technological flaw, but simply because of corrosion of the haubans. This monument to clean energy remains to date the only life-size solar tower ever built. More
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In 1982, the Germans built a 195-metre solar fireplace in Castile, a revolutionary prototype supposed to last three years. The tower works seven years before collapsing in 1989, not because of a technological flaw, but simply because of corrosion of the haubans. This monument to clean energy remains to date the only life-size solar tower ever built. More