Molten salt solar central receivers for utility electricity: energy storage and dispatchability
by Michael R. Prairie, James E. Pacheco, Gregory J. Kolb, J. Paul Sutherland
International Journal of Global Energy Issues (IJGEI), Vol. 9, No. 3, 1997

Abstract: Solar power towers offer the only source of utility-scale solar electricity with cost-effective thermal energy storage. This is achieved most effectively using molten nitrate salt as the energy storage and heat transfer medium. Other options exist, e.g., liquid sodium or air with ceramic storage, but are either less developed, less efficient, or more expensive. The 10 MW_e Solar Two power tower plant will illustrate the feasibility and effectiveness of molten-nitrate-salt technology.

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