Crescent Dunes Solar Energy Project to Power Las Vegas Starting Next Year

Ovidiu Sandru — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 12:41:41 +0000

Molten salt storage facilities have literally flooded the news lately, as they’re present in most of the countries harvesting solar power in a serious manner. However, SolarReserve, a NV-based company, plans to power Las Vegas’s city lights with such a system – a big challenge, no matter how you think of it. The 540-foot high […]

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Archimede: World's First Concentrated Solar Power Plant That Uses Molten Salts as Energy Storage

Ovidiu Sandru — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 19:59:29 +0000

First of all, Italy is one of the leading innovators in solar power. On July 15, their electricity company Enel has unveiled Archimede, their most innovative power plant using concentrated solar power (CSP) technology, where parabolic mirrors focus the Sun's light onto capturing surfaces which take the heat to the storage location. For the first time in the world, molten salts have been used as storage for the heat they captured from the Sun.

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Crescent Dunes Solar Energy Project to Power Las Vegas Starting Next Year

Archimede: World's First Concentrated Solar Power Plant That Uses Molten Salts as Energy Storage