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Sunny future for Australia’s solar industry

CSIRO Media Release – 26 October 2010
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CSIRO's Michael Rae and David Skinner installing one of the 450 uniquely designed heliostats in the new solar thermal field at CSIRO's National Solar Energy Centre in Newcastle

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The new heliostats being installed to create a solar thermal field at CSIRO's Solar Energy Centre in Newcastle need to be precisely engineered to accurately reflect the sun's rays and withstand extreme weather events.

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