U.S. utility-scale solar project developer SolarReserve has now received approval for the first solar power plant in California that uses molten salt technology to store the sun’s thermal energy ...

California's government just gave the green light to a new 150-megawatt solar power plant that will use molten salt technology to store energy.

The molten salt, once cooled, would then be pumped back through the solar collector to start the process all over again. “The plant has no emissions, and if you have a leak or something, you can ...

OUC’s power plant in Brevard County, seen here, has long been shuttered and considered an eyesore. It would be demolished to make room for an energy storage plant pursued by OUC and Malta Inc ...

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — The landmark Ivanpah solar energy plant along Interstate 15 near the Nevada-California border ... but uses ...

The first molten-salt reactor tested in the 1950s, for example, was small enough to fit on a plane, whereas the portion of the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant in California that generates energy ...

“The locations that will be the subject of the joint study will include sites near existing power plants ... wind and solar. When the wind dies or the sun goes down, the molten salt storage ...

The California-based company received funding from the Department of Energy. The 35-megawatt thermal reactor will test the concept of using molten salt as a coolant ... such as solar and wind power.