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Old Posted Mar 29, 2013, 8:45 PM
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Massive Energy Skyscraper Proposed On U.S.-Mexico Border

News from a huge solar project proposed for AZ:

A Maryland energy company is planning to deliver 500 megawatts of power to the electrical grid from a giant hollow tower on the Arizona-Mexico border that would be the second-tallest structure ever built.

Known as a downdraft tower, the project by Solar Wind Energy, Inc., is an untested and hugely ambitious endeavor. It has, however, attracted some heavyweight partners, including GE Energy and Whiting-Turner Contracting Co., which has built everything from steel foundries to the Baltimore Ravens’ football stadium. The company has sought no funding from the government.

Solar Wind Energy (which used to be called Clean Wind Energy Tower, Inc.) is negotiating for a lease from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) for a 1,700-acre parcel of flat, empty desert on the Mexican border, right next to an Air Force bombing range. The project must also win the blessing of the city of San Luis, Arizona, because the site is within city limits even though it lies five miles from any habitation.

If the tower and a proposed second one were built, San Luis — a town of less than 28,000 people, many of them migrant lettuce farmers — would have on its skyline two colossal towers that would each rise 2,250 feet, almost 500 feet taller than the uncompleted Freedom Tower in New York City. The only structure in the world that would be taller is the 2,722-foot Burj Khalifa in Dubai.


Source: http://www.forbes.com/sites/davidfer...mexico-border/

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