BRISTOL:
EnviroMission's
Solar
Tower
development
will
use
a
revolutionary
updraught
concept
developed
by
Jörg
Schlaich
and
Rudolf
Bergermann
at
German
consultancy
Schlaich
Bergermann
and
Partner
(SBP).
The
idea
was
pioneered
as
an
experimental
50kW
model
30
years
ago
in
Spain.
"EnviroMission's
aim
to
develop
Solar
Tower
technology
from
concept
to
commercial
reality
has
always
been
maintained
in
the
knowledge
that
only
the
highest
level
of
engineering
support
capabilities
could
achieve
this
strategic
intent,"
says
Arup
project
spokesman
Ken
Stickland.
Solar
updraught
towers
are
made
up
of
three
basic
components:
a
vast,…