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[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 11 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

Actually there's also the mirror based solar which boils water in a central column.

[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 9 points 12 hours ago

It's cooler than that; they use the heat to make molten salt, then use a heat exchanger to boil water with that, the salt gets stupid hot and holds energy into the night.

[–] Smaile@lemmy.ca 2 points 12 hours ago

its basically a bowl of water made of solar panels, i mean it not a bad idea at all but its nothing crazy either.