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On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 1:41 PM, Jed Rothwell <jedrothw...@gmail.com> wrote: > This is a 110 MW concentrating solar power (CSP) project in Nevada, with a > central tower, on 1,600 acres of land. The tower approach is more efficient > and cheaper than the troughs that were common 20 years ago. They recently > finished erecting the tower. See: > > http://www.tonopahsolar.com/pdfs/FactSheet_CrescentDunes.pdf > > > http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/article/2012/06/u-s-solar-industry-posts-solid-q1-with-506-mw-installed > > 1.1 GW of CSP plants are now under construction. I think the nameplate > versus actual ratio is better than wind, so this represents roughly half of > an average nuclear plant (which is 0.9 GW). > > Solar availability and peak power are much better than solar in the > southwest because the peak coincides with the highest demand, mainly for > airconditioning. Demand at night is always much lower anyway. CSP does not > drop when there is temporary cloud cover. It will be able to store the > energy, even for use at night. That is a big advantage of CSP over PV > solar. The working fluid is molten salt at 1050 deg F = 566 deg C. > > - Jed > >
