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What is the current status of solar thermal plants in terms of commercial readiness? Are there any to pay attention to other than Ivanpah? What thermal storage
by phasetransition 9y ago
What is the current status of solar thermal plants in terms of commercial readiness? Are there any to pay attention to other than Ivanpah? What thermal storage technique were you working on? I may have some chemistry in this thread, but energy storage is not my day job.
- gumby 9y agoThere Are a few in operation in Spain and some in India that I suspect will never be operational. The economics have changed substantially just over the last five years. I was working on supercritical (pressurized) water. Sand has also been considered.
- phasetransition 9y agoWere you using inconel for containment? Sand would be an interesting nod to the heating towers of blast furnaces. What changed in the economics?