SUNFIRE 1 goes into storage, but a number of Next-Generation ideas
and prototypes are in work.
Below: Unbolted sections of the Parabolic Structure are packed
for move to Banning, California
Long-term Steam Engine replacement | Prototype tinkering
Below: more prototype heat engines
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Below: Prototypes for display at Energy fairs 1984-1986
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Concentrators used in SolarPlant I by LaJet Corp. (Warner Springs, Calif.) 1985
(click here or below for full-size photograph of the 700-concentrator "field")
Model of concentrator proposed for the next generation (Solar Dynamo)
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