Here's a link to a current Stirling solar project in California:

http://www.conway.com/ssinsider/bbdeal/bd050929.htm

Here's another:

http://www.stirlingenergy.com/breaking_news.htm

500 MW isn't chopped liver so the technology must have advanced to make it commercially competitive with solar electric panels.

Sholin

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