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Originally Posted by sendler
So you are not talking about storing solar pv or wind electricity? What heat to electricity? What are you storing with this molten salt?
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I have seen reports of molten salt energy storage for GenIV nuclear where by it could send 0% electricity to the grid during peak solar hours and 200% all night long.
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We have numerous good ways to store electricity: batteries, flywheels, pumped storage, elevated weights, and others.
Heat boils water to make steam to generate electricity. Using the sun to do this makes sense. Using nuclear reaction to do this - does not make sense.
Molten salt stores the heat, so the steam generators can be powered after the sun goes down.