Electrek

This 1 GW solar + salt + shrimp farm is a 3-in-1 power station

A huge solar power station in China is generating clean energy, producing salt from sunlight, and serving as a shrimp-breeding site. State-owned China Huadian Corporation said the 1-gigawatt (GW) ...
Las Vegas Review-Journal

Utility aims to salt away solar power

The sun already shines year-round in Nevada. Now, a California company says it has found a way to harness sunlight around the clock as well, and Nevadans soon could see the resulting solar energy ...
Inhabitat

Nevada’s New Molten Salt Solar Plant Will Produce Power Long After the Sun Sets

The Department of Energy just invested $737 million into the Crescent Dunes Solar Energy Project in Nevada, which will generate energy well into the night by using molten salt as an energy storage ...
EDN

Solar plant runs on salt, keeps power going for six hours without sun

A solar power plant in Gila Bend, AZ, is taking solar energy to a different level, using molten salt as a means of keeping electricity running for six hours after the sun goes down. Artist's ...
Salt Lake City Weekly

There's a lot of solar power in Salt Lake City, but you might not notice

There is a sign on 1300 East just north of 2100 South in Sugar House, declaring Salt Lake City as a "Solar America City" that is "committed to a sustainable solar future" (above photo). If you've ...
IFLScience

Scientists Have Used Solar Energy To Turn Salt Water Into Fresh Water

Scientists have found a way to get fresh water from salt water using just solar energy. This could be a major breakthrough in desalination techniques. The rest of this article is behind a paywall.
Forbes

Secret Ingredient To Making Solar Energy Work: Salt

The solar thermal power plant business is all about big: Square miles of mirrors in the desert that surround 600-foot-tall towers to generate massive megawatts of electricity for multibillion- dollar ...
Standard-Examiner

Are you ready for solar panels on the southern shores of the Great Salt Lake?

Editor’s note: This article is published through the Great Salt Lake Collaborative, a solutions journalism initiative that partners news, education and media organizations to help inform people about ...
Los Angeles Times

Cutting Edge: Santa Monica firm says it has found a way to salt away electricity, literally

In the energy world, the ability to store electricity at an affordable price is the treasure sought by utility engineers and financial wizards. SolarReserve believes it has found a solution. The Santa ...
The Salt Lake Tribune

Now a ‘Solar Star,’ Salt Lake City ranks 10th among U.S cities for solar power generated per person, report says

Salt Lake City ranks in the top 10 of nearly 70 U.S. cities for the solar power generated per person, a new report says. Utah’s capital city ranked ahead of San Antonio and behind Riverside, Calif., ...
KUTV

Salt Lake residents given community-wide discounts on rooftop solar energy

(KUTV) — Salt Lake City residents are receiving a leg up in rooftop solar energy. Empower SLC - a community engagement effort to save energy and money on a community-wide scale - is launching a ...