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I thought solar farms were switching to mirrors concentrating heat on a superheated salt solution.
by flangola7 4y ago
I thought solar farms were switching to mirrors concentrating heat on a superheated salt solution.
- defrost 4y agoThat's a goal of some that shows promise but so far to date concentrated solar power schemes (of various kinds) have only reach < 10 GW (in total, globally) last I checked [1]. Photovoltaics, by comparison [2]: Solar PV generation increased by a record 179 TWh (up 22%) in 2021 to exceed 1 000 TWh. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concentrated_solar_power https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concentrated_solar_power [2] https://www.iea.org/reports/solar-pv https://www.iea.org/reports/solar-pv All up a hell of a difference (so far) in generation capacity. In an ideal future we'll see a lot more large CSP plants making better per GW usage of rare earths.