How many kilowatts a year will molten salt tower thermal power station produce?

The annual power generation of the molten salt tower thermal power station will reach 390 million kilowatt-hours, which can reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 350,000 metric tons per year.

What is molten salt tower thermal power station?

"The molten salt tower thermal power station is the second solar thermal power station in which we have invested in Dunhuang. With the deepening of China's reform and opening-up, and the launch of the Belt and Road Initiative, China's solar thermal technique will go global and blossom in the world wherever developing solar power is suitable.

What is molten salt storage in concentrating solar power plants?

At the end of 2019 the worldwide power generation capacity from molten salt storage in concentrating solar power (CSP) plants was 21 GWh el. This article gives an overview of molten salt storage in CSP and new potential fields for decarbonization such as industrial processes, conventional power plants and electrical energy storage.

What is the efficiency of molten salts in power towers?

Nowadays, most of the commercially available power tower plants use molten salts as HTF and TES media , limiting the operational temperature up to 560 °C, therefore the efficiency is close to 20%.

How molten salts are used in solar power plants?

Most of the operational plants have integrated a storage unit using molten salts as the storage media, one uses combined steam/oil (Dahan Power Plant), another just steam (Khi Solar One) and one a ceramic heat sink (Jülich Solar Tower).

Where is molten salt tower solar power plant located?

An aerial view of the 100-megawatt molten salt tower solar thermal power plant in Dunhuang, Northwest China's Gansu province, on Dec 25, 2018. [Photo/IC]