Submission + - Solar Power Storage - Without Batteries? 3
bbsguru writes: The big advantage of coal or hydroelectric power compared to Wind and Solar (other than typical low cost) has always been the ability to generate power on demand. Now there's news that SolarReserve, a new venture of two US Technology companies, is planning to commercialize a way to stockpile solar energy for release on demand.
From the Article: The "concentrated solar power tower" technology harnesses the sun's energy and stores it using molten salt. The energy is released when a utility requires it. The product is designed to produce up to 500 megawatts of power per year under peak conditions. Lee Bailey, managing director of US Renewables, compared the technology to hydroelectric power plants, but said it has more benefits. "This product is more predictable than water reserves, the supply is free and inexhaustible, and the environmental impact is essentially zero," Bailey said in a statement.
Liquid Sodium solar power? How cool is that!?
From the Article: The "concentrated solar power tower" technology harnesses the sun's energy and stores it using molten salt. The energy is released when a utility requires it. The product is designed to produce up to 500 megawatts of power per year under peak conditions. Lee Bailey, managing director of US Renewables, compared the technology to hydroelectric power plants, but said it has more benefits. "This product is more predictable than water reserves, the supply is free and inexhaustible, and the environmental impact is essentially zero," Bailey said in a statement.
Liquid Sodium solar power? How cool is that!?