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World's First Molten Salt Solar Plant Produces Power at Night

Posted by Don on July 30, 2010 at 6:42 PM Comments comments (0)

     Sicily has just announced the opening of the world’s first concentrated solar power (CSP) facility that uses molten salt as a heat collection medium. Since molten salt is able to reach very high temperatures (over 1000 degrees Fahrenheit) and can hold more heat than the synthetic oil used in other CSP plants, the plant is able to continue to produce electricity even after the sun has gone down.