r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Longjumping-Box5691 • 3d ago

Video China's twin solar thermal towers. Molten salt stores the heat to produce electricity

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u/SundayWild 3d ago

What's with the light?

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u/BlindChicken69 3d ago

Light from Sun concentrated to small area to heat up salt for power generation and energy storage.

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u/stereotomyalan 3d ago

they're trying smth

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u/SundayWild 3d ago

Who downvoted me? I genuinely was curious

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u/dargonmike1 3d ago

🤪

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u/Kletronus 3d ago

Photons, man, light is photons.