DocumentCode
3611299
Title
Molten salt tower reboots solar thermal power [News]
Author
Fairley, Peter
Volume
52
Issue
11
fYear
2015
fDate
7/7/1905 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
11
Lastpage
12
Abstract
Solar power projects intended to turn solar heat into steam to generate electricity have struggled to compete amid tumbling prices for solar energy from solid-state photovoltaic (PV) panels. But the first commercial-scale implementation of an innovative solar thermal design could turn the tide. Engineered from the ground up to store some of its solar energy, the 110-megawatt plant is nearing completion in the Crescent Dunes near Tonopah, Nev. It aims to simultaneously produce the cheapest solar thermal power and to dispatch that power for up to 10 hours after the setting sun has idled photovoltaics.
Keywords
solar power stations; thermal power stations; PV panels; molten salt tower; power dispatching; solar energy; solar thermal power; solid-state photovoltaic panels;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Spectrum, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9235
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/MSPEC.2015.7335884
Filename
7335884
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