Solar Thermal
Gordon Hutchinson describes the photo here:
A new solar energy system just went online — and it’s set to redefine how the world generates power.
This system isn’t just a revolution in solar power. It’s transforming energy as we know it.
The Crescent Dunes Solar Energy Project is the first commercial concentrated solar power plant that uses molten salt energy storage to provide energy day and night.
The project includes 10,347 panels that collect and focus the sun’s thermal energy to heat molten salt to over 1,000 F. The molten salt circulates around a central tower and then is sent to a storage tank, where it is used to produce steam and generate electricity.
Excess thermal energy is stored in the molten salt and can be used to generate power during the evening hours and when direct sunlight is not available. As such, the system eliminated the need for any backup fossil fuels.
Melting the 70,000,000 pounds (32,000,000 kg) of salt took two months. Once melted, the salt stays melted for the life of the plant and is cycled through the receiver for reheating.
When 2GreenEnergy was launched in 2009, the concept of solar thermal held great promise. For better or worse, however, the cost per Watt of solar PV, as well as the scaling of wind energy, has rendered the levelized cost of solar thermal energy completely noncompetitive.
Either Gordon wrote this well over a decade ago, or he’s fibbing.
At left is an invitation to a webinar on the false narratives put forth by the fossil fuel industry:
In response to the reader’s question here, I would suggest joining me and the ranks of people who read and write on matters of environmental responsibility.
The quote here has been attributed to everyone but Betty Crocker, which, one might suppose, is why it’s such a good point.
How does Trump maintain any viable level of approval? When you consider the words of the retired Army major at left, you have to consider:
Mary Shelley’s observation at left is an interesting one, but I think it would be more accurate if it began, “No sane person…..”
At left are the words of Sarah Longwell, American political strategist and publisher of the conservative news and opinion website The Bulwark. A member of the Republican Party, she is the founder of Republican Accountability, which spent millions of dollars to defeat then-President Donald Trump in 2020.
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As the risk of appearing too cavalier on the subject of human health, we need to realize that this mess discussed at left should come as absolutely no surprise.
We’ve all heard people make the claim that both of the American political parties are essentially the same and, as George Carlin put it, exist only to provide us with the illusion of choice. Perhaps there was some truth to that in the 1950s, when even the Republicans, led by Dwight D. Eisenhower, had some progressive ideas.
