CSPA sheds light on thermal storage advantages

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Tex Wilkins, Executive Director of the new US Concentrated Solar Power Alliance, on how concentrated solar power provides a base load alternative to fossil fuels.

Interview by Rikki Stancich

Last week, (March 06) three leading companies in the concentrated solar power (CSP) sector, BrightSource Enery, Abengoa and Torresol, officially launched an advocacy group, the Concentrating Solar Power Alliance. Their objective is to educate electricity market stakeholders about concentrated solar power’s ability to provide 24-7 electricity, by using thermal storage.

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2nd CSP Optimisation Summit

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Gemasolar, world's first commercial-scale plant central tower receiver plant with molten salt heat storage.

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