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2 unusual facts about Solar Updraft Tower


Solar tower

Solar Updraft Tower (SUT), or Solar Chimney Power Plant (SCPP) electricity power generating structure using a chimney-style tower

Solar updraft tower

In December 2011, Hyperion Energy, controlled by Western Australians Tony Sage and Dallas Dempster, was reported to be planning to build a 1-km-tall solar updraft tower near Meekatharra to supply power to Mid-West mining projects.


EnviroMission

It has, since 2001, proposed to build a solar updraft tower power generating station known as Solar Tower Buronga in western New South Wales at a site 25 km northeast of Mildura.


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