The Power of the Sun and Salt | Breakthrough

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when the plant is finished 10,000
mirrors will focus the sun’s rays onto
the apex of a 600 foot tower filled with
salt so we heat up our molten salt to a
thousand degrees Fahrenheit and then
we’re gonna store that liquid and use it
for power generation salt retains heat
in a liquid form better than any other
common non hazardous mineral the molten
salt will boil water into high pressure
steam that spins the blades of a turbine
after this the saw will be recycled and
reheated again and again but this is
different I mean this thing can make so
much power it’s beyond belief you know
so can this plant save the world yes it
can do it given the opportunity
absolutely you can do it
now that the plants infrastructure is
finished they’re tackling the final
problem heating up the salt great now
over the next four weeks we’ve got to
get hot salt into the system and the hot
salt will allow us to produce that
superheated steam we need we’re just so
close now you know and you can see the
gold wide it’s a billion dollar gamble
so as they prepare to turn the system on
for the first time they wonder will it
pay off