Amazing engineering around the world! This big, curved, spectacular shiny mirror is the world’s largest “solar furnace”. It’s located on the border between France and Spain. Its one of the sunniest places on Earth, getting over 3,500 hours of sunshine per year. That’s why engineers built this solar furnace here for France’s National Scientific Research Centre in 1969. It’s used for all sorts of scientific purposes that require a lot of heat: including melting steel; generating electricity or testing materials for extreme environments, like nuclear reactors; testing materials for spacecrafts so they can safely re-enter the Earth’s atmosphere, and more. Find out more about how the solar furnace works in our blog this week: bit.ly/1sfqLC1
Posted on: Thu, 11 Dec 2014 10:08:57 +0000
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