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 towers by surrounding mirrors . The next public auction for such agreements is in October. 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 .
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 towers 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 .