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Concentrating Solar Power Research Heats Up At NREL

February 10, 2022 admin brayton energy, clean power, concentrating solar power, csp molten salts, gen3, molten salts, national renewable energy laboratory (nrel), research, sandia national laboratories, SCIENCE, Solar energy, us department of energy (doe)

Credit to Author: U.S. Department of Energy| Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2022 22:05:01 +0000

Molten Salts Can Melt Down the Price of Concentrating Solar Power-Plus-Storage Concentrating solar power (CSP) has long held promise as a renewable energy technology. CSP uses mirrors, or heliostats, to harness the power of the sun by heating and storing an inexpensive medium such as sand, rocks, or molten salt for on-demand energy dispatch. To […]