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Heliostats spell sunny future for solar industry

29 Oct 2010

Heliostats being installed in Newcastle.
Heliostats being installed in Newcastle.
Work has begun on installing 450 large mirrors, called heliostats, for Australia’s largest solar-thermal tower system at the CSIRO National Solar Energy Centre in Newcastle.


The heliostats are part of an advanced new solar technology developed by CSIRO and manufactured by Central Coast company, Performance Engineering Group.



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