Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Alternative Energies Update

Improved storage for solar thermal power plants:


"Developing a supercritical fluid thermal storage system promises increased power storage and lower cost for solar thermal power plants. The proposed system is expected to have twice the energy storage density of current two-tank molten salt systems and cost less than 70% of what current systems cost."

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