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Another one in Rjukan, Norway: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20170314-the-town-that-built-a-mirror-to-catch-the-sun https://www.bbc.com/future/article/2017
by labster 2y ago
Another one in Rjukan, Norway: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20170314-the-town-that-built-a-mirror-to-catch-the-sun https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20170314-the-town-that-bu... (2017)
- dang 2y agoDiscussed here: A Norwegian town built a giant mirror to deflect the sun (2017) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19910305 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19910305 - May 2019 (97 comments) Sort of related: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34056620 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34056620 Others?
- vidarh 2y agoThere was also a planned (but scrapped) project in Rattenberg, Austria: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rattenberg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rattenberg
- hakonjdjohnsen 2y agoThere are also two systems in Sydney, the big tall one on Rhodes Central [1] and the slightly smaller on One Central Park [2]. I think the idea is that by removing some of the shadowing from the high-rise buildings, the local authorities allow the buildings to be taller, which makes this type of system pay off. [1] https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-09-13/heliostats-bringing-light-to-rhodes-central-development-precinct/100453542 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-09-13/heliostats-bringing-l... [2] https://good-design.org/projects/one-central-park-heliostat-and-reflector-system/ https://good-design.org/projects/one-central-park-heliostat-...