Sandia Laboratories Solar Tower testing facilities IMAGE @ Sandia National Laboratory (IMAGE)

SolarPACES

Sandia Laboratories Solar Tower testing facilities IMAGE @ Sandia National Laboratory

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Three new solar thermal technologies, solid (particles), liquid (molten salts), and gas (sCO2) are to be combined with a Brayton power loop to bring down costs of solar towers; the future of 24-hour solar.

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Sandia

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