I’m wondering what it would take to generate electricity with solar power but rather than use panels, I want to use mirrors to boil water and turn a turbine. Say I wanted to turn a typical car alternator/generator with steam. I set up mirrors that shoot light into a collector, boil the water, spin turbine, turn generator. This seems possible and simple in concept. What kind of mirror footprint would I need. Would the whole yard be filled with 3×3 mirrors with a 10′ tower? Thoughts?
Where do I get a turbine?
