Molten Salt-Based Solar Power Plant 478
rcastro0 writes "Hamilton Sundstrand, a division of United Technologies, announced today that it will start to commercialize a new type of solar power plant. A new company called SolarReserve will be created to provide heat-resistant pumps and other equipment, as well as the expertise in handling and storing salt that has been heated to more than 1,050 degrees Fahrenheit. According to venture capitalist Vinod Khosla 'Three percent of the land area of Morocco could support all of the electricity for Western Europe.' Molten Salt storage is already used in Nevada's Solar One power plant. Is this the post-hydrocarbon world finally knocking?"
sun renewable? (Score:2, Funny)
So Gene Wolfe was right?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_the_new_sun/ [wikipedia.org]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Urth_of_the_New_Sun/ [wikipedia.org]
Waste salt (Score:5, Funny)
I am be (Score:4, Funny)
Slashdot editors are be the worst ever...
Re:Nuclear's the future. (Score:3, Funny)
I know this is somewhat OT (Score:5, Funny)
But the US Navy refused to build any sodium-cooled submarine reactors. Finally a Congressional committee hauled Admiral Rickover in to a hearing to testify as to why he wasn't making better use of taxpayer's money.
To which he replied "This is what happens when sodium gets wet," and he threw a chunk of sodium into some water.
Re:No, it be the grammuh police (Score:3, Funny)
"Arrr, I think this be post-hydriecarba world knockin on 'r door, matey! It be a danger too, since less global waaaarmin means less 'f us!"
Re:sun renewable? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Nuclear's the future. (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Colonial Thinking Not Dead (Score:3, Funny)
Photos what you've all been looking for. (Score:3, Funny)
Did anyone else groan intensely last year when 'worlds largest squid has been caught!' articles came up with no pictures?
"Meteor smashes into datacentre"
"Worlds largest seal clubs man in Alaska"
"100ft tall hot woman with massive breasts seen naked crossing major highway"
"Worlds coolest event happens! No pictures here!"
Anyhow to get the rant over with,.........
http://ucdcms.ucdavis.edu/solar2/photos/ [ucdavis.edu]
That site is an existing site with one of these fascinating reactors, I found the site some time last year (and had a hell of a time finding the damn link in my history too) check it out purely for the cool factor, good stuff.