The government of Chile has approved the construction of a large solar thermal plant which is expected to produce electricity at all hours of the day and night. The plant, located in Tamarugal province, will include three 150MW solar thermal towers filled with molten salt and heated using sunlight reflected onto the tower by surrounding mirrors. This project was announced on May 30, 2013 as part of Chile’s National Solar Plan. The project was proposed by US company SolarReserve, which has also proposed an additional two solar plants for Chile.
The government of Chile has approved the construction of a large solar thermal plant which is expected to produce electricity at all hours of the day and night. The plant, located in Tamarugal province, will include three 150MW solar thermal towers filled with molten salt and heated using sunlight reflected onto the tower by surrounding mirrors. Each tower will have 13 hours of energy storage capacity, totalling 5.8GWh of energy. The project was proposed by US company SolarReserve, which has also proposed an additional two solar plants for Chile.