That is very interesting, Mike. An alternative view might be, “Why power Las
Vegas?” I’ve been there 3 times and found it quite horrible each time.
Luckily there was enjoyment to be had in the skies of Nevada, or in the
beautiful parks of the surrounding areas, but I would save the world another
energy monster by switching LV off.
Chris
> On 18 Oct 16, at 23:55, Mike Gordon via olympus <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
> Without perfect synchronous supply those in OZ will be as mad as a cut snake
> and may reject increasing supply of renewables due to blackouts when the
> system gets stressed.
> The Hot Salt solution looks intriguing as one way to mitigate intermittent
> generation.
>
> http://spectrum.ieee.org/green-tech/solar/a-tower-of-molten-salt-will-deliver-solar-power-after-sunset
>
> <http://spectrum.ieee.org/green-tech/solar/a-tower-of-molten-salt-will-deliver-solar-power-after-sunset>
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