Enviromission’s plans to build the world’s tallest tower on the edge of the Australian desert on the Victoria/New South Wales border have taken a step forward with the publishing of a pre-feasibility study supporting the economic viability of the project. The 1000 m tall tower, surrounded by a glass canopy 2.3 km in diameter, would be the centre of a solar electricity plant generating 100 – 200 MWe. Enviromission has signed a preliminary agreement with AFGL, Australia’s biggest electricity distributor.
The greenhouse heats the air around the base of the tower, the temperature differential of 30°C between the bottom and top creating an updraft of air sufficient to drive 32 turbines.
The plant is expected to raise 65% of its revenue from power production and the remainder from tourism, in particular the attraction of a lookout post at the top of the tower; there would also be earnings from farmers growing crops under the canopy, and telecommunications companies using the tower for transmissions.
The power tower’s economic
viability has been supported through the signing of , and Enviromission.
