Comments on: 30-Year-Old Concentrating Solar Power Plant Looking To Upgrade & Add Storage

By: UKGary

UKGary — Wed, 24 Jul 2013 09:46:00 +0000

Replacing the mirrors and adding electricity storage would allow for significantly more energy to be collected whilst retaining much of the existing infrastructure – it would be possible for example to retain the existing turbine capacity with new more efficient turbines, and keep the same connection capacity whilst delivering power for many more hours.

By: John T

John T — Wed, 03 Jul 2013 03:12:00 +0000

Wow, enough power to jump start my car!

By: Tom G.

Tom G. — Tue, 02 Jul 2013 13:41:00 +0000

I drive by this plant every time I go to California for something. As a solar plant it does what solar plants do best. They just sit in the sun producing power which happens almost every day in that area. Now with thermal storage that time period can extend into the evening hours. Sounds like a good plan to me especially since the initial capital costs have been paid.