"Solar Chimney" The Crazy Skyscraper

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SOLAR CHIMNEY

The Crazy Skyscraper

BY ADELE PETERS VIA  FASTCOMPANY

This Crazy Skyscraper Is A Solar Power Plant And Small City All In One Would you live in a solar chimney? Inside a new conceptual building, there’s room for the entire population of a city the size of Cleveland–and the building can generate power for all of them.

 The design is a solar chimney, an enormous tower that sits in the middle of an equally huge solar collector. As the sun warms the collector during the day, the air underneath it becomes hotter than the air outside, and is naturally drawn up through the tower. Along the way, the moving air spins turbines that generate electricity. Unlike typical solar panels, the system can keep working through the night. READ FULL ARTICLE VIA FASCOMPANY...