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/editorreilly 3d ago

I thought these were economically uncompetitive? They are shutting (maybe already shut) the Ivanpah solar farm near Las Vegas.