Energy efficiency standards could be extended A proposal by the Australian and New Zealand Minerals and Energy Council could extend existing energy efficiency standards to cover home heating, water heaters, consumer electronic products such as television, stereo and video equipment and indstrial eqipment. At present, standards are enforced for some whitegoods and household appliances. Predictions are that even without an extension to the program, the existing standards would produce energy savings of 2.4 million tonnes by 2010. A cost-benefit analysis of the proposed legislative changes and consultation with the community and business will precede their introduction. The design consists of modules, five metres square, with strips of iron-glass mirrors set into the surface to form a frensel lens.
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Distilled water passing through 25mm diameter, black nickel solar collector tubes is superheated to high-pressure steam at around 600 degrees celsius. A single array of 110 meters diameter could produce up to 1.5 megawatts of energy, according to the technology's developer, Allan Yoemans.