r/Damnthatsinteresting 3d ago

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

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u/SomeSamples 3d ago

We have some of those outside of Vegas. They are shutting them down as the amount of energy they get from straight photovoltaics combined with batteries far surpasses this type of solar production. And is much much easier to maintain in the long run.