在美国乔治亚州贝宁要塞,有一座世界上最大的太阳能热水池,每天能向26座营房和洗衣房约6500名军人供应500,000加仑热水。该项工程由罗伦斯·利弗莫尔实验室和萨凡纳地区特种部队的工程师们合作,在二年时间内耗资400万美元建成的。至今已运行了二年多, At the Fort of Benin, Georgia, USA, there is one of the largest solar thermal pools in the world, supplying 500,000 gallons of hot water a day to about 6,500 soldiers in 26 barracks and laundry rooms. The project, funded by the Lawrence Livermore Laboratory and engineers from the Savannah Regional Special Forces unit, completed a four-year, $ 4 million project. Has been running for more than two years,