Inauguration of the pilot plant - Prof. Ulrich Wagner (left) and Eduardo Santos
Inauguration of the pilot plant - Prof. Ulrich Wagner (left) and Eduardo Santos
Ulrich Wagner, DLR Executive Board Member for Energy and Transport (left), and Eduardo Santos of the Spanish utility company Endesa, inaugurated a direct solar steam generation and energy storage pilot plant at Carboneras, located in southern Spain. In this type of solar power plant, steam is produced directly from concentrated solar radiation and used to drive a generator. The highlight of this facility is a new system that efficiently stores energy, both as sensible heat (where energy is accumulated as the temperature of the storage medium increases) and latent heat (where energy is accumulated as the storage medium changes phase from solid to liquid). The stored energy can be used to generate electricity even at night.
