A Tower of Molten Salt Will Deliver Solar Power After Sunset

A Tower of Molten Salt Will Deliver Solar Power After Sunset Solar power is a daytime energy resource, right? The sun shines. The rays are harnessed. Night falls. You wait until the next morning to begin again. But a 110-megawatt solar thermal plant nearing completion in the Crescent Dunes near Tonopah, Nev., aims to pull the plug on that bit of conventional wisdom. The plant's operators are seeking to simultaneously produce the cheapest solar thermal power available, and to dispatch that power for up to 10 hours after the setting sun has idled photovoltaics. http://spectrum.ieee.org/green-tech/solar/a-tower-of-molten-salt-will-deliver-solar-power-after-sunset/?utm_source=energywise&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=111815