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The solar power company Solar Reserve has just announced a major construction milestone for its billion-dollar Crescent Dunes solar thermal project in Nevada, with the completion of the plant’s signature 540-foot central tower. That puts Crescent Dunes on track to begin operating in less than two years, following what has been a decades-long program of development, testing and demonstration for the company’s proprietary solar thermal technology.
Solar Thermal Plant in Nevada Hits a Milestone, So Does U.S. Solar Industry
Seeded on Sun Feb 19, 2012 10:34 AM EST
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U.S. takes a lead in global solar industry
The Crescent Dunes plant also provides a much-needed boost for the U.S. solar industry, which just a generation ago was leading the world in photovoltaic cell manufacturing before losing ground to other countries. Based on a solar energy collection and storage system using molten salt, Crescent Dunes boasts the tallest molten salt tower in the world and is the largest power plant of its kind in the world, at least for now.
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#1 - Sun Feb 19, 2012 10:35 AM ESTDeveloping previously undeveloped land for a single use purpose is not my preferred approach. But if this reduces our use of fossil fuels in the short term and bridges us over to a distributed dual land use model in the long term, I can support it.
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