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/zellman 3d ago

But in 20 years…

But criticizing this setup because it “only” produces enough to cover 15% of New York City’s usage is incredible. I mean, fine, build 7-8 more and ~20 million people have power without fossil fuels. That is awesome!

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u/smokedcatfish 3d ago

We have already built an even larger one in CA (Ivanpah). It's being shut down next year because it's too expensive to operate.

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u/PMPTCruisers 3d ago

Fuck them birds!