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schizoidman@lemm.ee to Green Energy@slrpnk.netEnglish · 10 months ago

China constructs world's first dual-tower solar thermal plant — and it will help generate nearly 2 billion kWh annually

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China constructs world's first dual-tower solar thermal plant — and it will help generate nearly 2 billion kWh annually

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schizoidman@lemm.ee to Green Energy@slrpnk.netEnglish · 10 months ago
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A new dual-tower solar thermal plant in China uses thousands of mirrors to generate enormous amounts of heat and power.
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    California has one of these solar thermal towers. Quite a spectacle as you drive by on the way back from Vegas.

    Interestingly this one does not store energy for 24/7 operations like the one in China. As they are both smolten salt based, not sure why

    https://www.theneweconomy.com/energy/the-unexpected-environmental-drawbacks-of-concentrated-solar-power-plants

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivanpah_Solar_Power_Facility

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      Oeh, thanks for posting, I know this from Fallout:New Vegas but never looked up the facillity it was based on.

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        I thought the facility was fake. XD

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      The one in CA doesn’t have any salt storage, I think it was built before that tech had been flushed out

      One particularly grim side effect of the plant’s construction is that birds, attracted to the insects gathering at the top of the towers, are incinerated as they pass through the beams of concentrated sunlight. According to estimates, this results in some 6,000 deaths every year.

      Geez, maybe develop some kind of screen or something

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      Damn, I saw a video on why they use molten salt years ago, something about the balance of cost, thermal mass, and the fact that it won’t boil off like conventional liquids.

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