Dutch company uses asphalt to capture solar energy
(AP Photo/ Bas Czerwinski) :: A model of a lattice work of flexible plastic pipes, held firmly in place by a plastic grid, covered over by asphalt, which magnifies the sun's thermal power, is shown at Ooms Avenhorn Holding BV in Scharwoude, northern Netherlands, Friday, Dec. 14, 2007. The pipe-work by Dutch civil engineering firm Ooms, is claimed to be capable of siphoning the warmth from roads and parking lots to heat homes and offices.
SCHARWOUDE, Netherlands (AP) [...] A Dutch company is now siphoning heat from roads and parking lots to heat homes and offices.
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Solar energy collected from a 200-yard stretch of road and a small parking lot helps heat a 70-unit four-story apartment building in the northern village of Avenhorn.
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"The prospect of relying on the sun for all our power demands is finally becoming realistic," says report in New Scientist.
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