An innovative way of producing electrical energy, but a panocea for a world berift of ideas?
Hot air rises so it can be used to produce enegy. If it were retrofitted to all parliament buildings in the world our problems would be solved.
Can hot air be the free fuel of the future? - CNN.com (http://edition.cnn.com/2011/10/02/tech/innovation/solar-tower-arizona/index.html?hpt=hp_c2)

This innovation could work wonders in our concrete cities. Imagine tower buildings producing their own energy? It is possible as a function of building cooling and just one of the spinoffs from a new project. At $3,000,000 a megawatt it is a little uncompetative but if we couple it with buildings handling their own garbage disposal and water recycling we have self contained buildings

Nice private sector innovation that will be a fringe contributor to the overall energy needs of the plant. Every little bit helps.
Wait until the envirowackos get their hands on the environmental impact statement AND the NAMBYs complain about their view disruptions .
You see that with windmills now... the very people who promote them are the ones that block their construction when it's in their neighborhoods.

Given the area required I expect this implementation will be somewhat remote, the only views to be interrupted will be those from a few indigenous chappies, but at least all the political activity will take place far from home

And if he's looking for funding then no problem... the Obots love squandering money on silly energy solutions.

and if he's looking for funding then no problem... the Obots love squandering money on silly energy solutions.
Really?
Exclusive Timeline: Bush Administration Advanced Solyndra Loan Guarantee for Two Years, Media Blow the Story | ThinkProgress (http://thinkprogress.org/romm/2011/09/13/317594/timeline-bush-administration-solyndra-loan-guarantee/)

In fact, the Solyndra loan guarantee was a multi-year process that the Bush Administration launched in 2007.

So the consensus is government support might be forthcoming, that is what they reported as a favourable political climate

Nice try NK but parroting the Obama lie won't cut it.
Two weeks before President Bush left office,the Energy Department's credit committee made a unanimous decision not to offer a loan commitment to Solyndra.
Obama reinstated it upon taking office over the objections of many in the Energy Dept because their analysis said that even with the loan, Solyndra would run out of cash in September 2011.
They were right and the "blame Bush" Obots wrong.

The White House also noted to ABC News that the Bush administration was the first to consider Solyndra's application and that some executives at the company have a history of donating to Republicans. The results of the Congressional probe shared Tuesday with ABC News show that less than two weeks before President Bush left office, on January 9, 2009, the Energy Department's credit committee made a unanimous decision not to offer a loan commitment to Solyndra.

Even after Obama took office on Jan. 20, 2009, analysts in the Energy Department and in the Office of Management and Budget were repeatedly questioning the wisdom of the loan. In one exchange, an Energy official wrote of "a major outstanding issue" -- namely, that Solyndra's numbers showed it would run out of cash in September 2011.

There was also concern about the high-risk nature of the project. Internally, the Office of Management and Budget wrote that "the risk rating for the project sponsor [Solyndra] … seems high." Outside analysts had warned for months that the company might not be a sound investment.

Page 2: Emails: Obama White House Monitored Huge Loan to 'Connected' Firm - ABC News (http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/emails-obama-white-house-monitored-huge-loan-connected/story?id=14508865&page=2)