Multiple 50MW solar thermal power plants now online in Spain have capacity factors above 40%, via thermal energy storage. Thermal storage is vastly cheaper and more efficient than electricity storage -- you're storing heat before it hits the turbine.
Multiple 50MW solar thermal power plants now online in Spain have capacity factors above 40%, via thermal energy storage. Thermal storage is vastly cheaper and more efficient than electricity storage -- you're storing heat before it hits the turbine.