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Google plans new mirror for cheaper solar power

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 22:00:00 +0000

Google Inc is disappointed with the lack of breakthrough investment ideas in the green technology sector but the company is working to develop its own new mirror technology that could reduce the cost of building solar thermal plants by a quarter or more

Shyam

Thu, 28 Jan 2010 12:51:35 +0000

Another technology that Google is working on is gas turbines that would run on solar power rather than natural gas, an idea that has the potential of further cutting the cost of electricity, Weihl said.

The above statement is not clear. How can a gas turbine which is basically a IC Engine work on solar poer ? Does the author mean "work using steam".