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The Latest in Thermal Energy Storage

As renewables gain a greater foothold in the energy system, the importance of energy storage is going to increase in kind. With the ongoing gradual shift away from traditional baseload…


TOP PLANT: Crescent Dunes Solar Energy Project, Tonopah, Nevada

Owner/operator: SolarReserve Three-and-a-half hours north of Las Vegas, in a rocky, desolate stretch of Nevada desert, an innovative solar-storage plant has nearly completed a year of commercial operations. It also…


Crescent Dunes: 24 Hours on the Sun

[caption id="attachment_96218" align="alignnone" width="625"] Courtesy: SolarReserve[/caption]   Three-and-a-half hours north of Las Vegas, in a rocky, desolate stretch of Nevada desert, an innovative solar-storage plant has nearly completed a year…