In addition to solar and wind energy, clean energy companies are also considering the use of salt to generate electricity.Really, 'SolarReserve' is one of several companies trying to prove that salt can be as effective as solar and wind power generation. , The solar reserve company introduced a 1100-megawatt crescent-shaped sand dune solar facility in Nevada, the United States, capable of generating 1,100 megawatt hours of energy storage and supplying 75,000 homes in Nevada.
'SolarReserve' Redstone solar project in Africa.
Similar 'concentrating solar (CSP)' projects will be planned in southern Australia, Africa, Chile and other countries around the world.
Salt-fired power generation is not the same as solar and wind power generation, which generates electricity to reduce demand for fossil fuels only in the presence of the sun or in the presence of wind. Utilizing salt-based power generation facilities can operate at any time of the day, 24 hours a day, Storing electricity for up to 10 hours, this is a very simple way to generate electricity, with the sun focused on a tower that heats molten salt above 1,000 degrees Fahrenheit and is then used to make steam and turn the turbine.
In the meantime, the cost of a thawing salt power plant is lower, and the Nevada crescent-shaped sand dune power station is said to cost $ 0.06 a day.If a recent IRENA study is predictable, Then the price of the power plant will get cheaper.
Even with its own standards, the solar reserve company's energy reserves are starting to taper off, and the crescent-shaped sand dune power station can generate 500,000 megawatts (MWh) of electricity a year, but media reports have so far failed to meet this goal.
In the meantime, Spain's Sener Engineering has two projects in the Ouarzazate region of Morocco that use molten salts, both of which are not yet cheap enough but the expected price drop could put the company in a good position To push the progress of the 'concentrating solar' project, and Google is also planning to store renewable energy in molten salt, but the program still needs to be systematically tested to see if it can be used for commercial purposes.
Utility officials and energy policymakers need to understand the importance of energy storage and when renewable energy is needed before it can provide solar energy 24 hours from the beginning of the Salt Melting Concentrated Solar (CSPs) project. Kevin Smith, CEO of Solar Energy Reserve, (Kevin Smith) pointed out that the United States only wants to receive electricity from public facilities, in other words, they do not care about the use of renewable energy.
Smith explained that things are gradually changing, for example: Some places in California, the United States, generate significant amounts of renewable energy at specific times of the day, only when the official dialogue shifts to how to deal with these surplus energy sources and how to build a holistic grid , This problem can be solved.
