This must be building on the stunning success of their Jemalong Solar Thermal project that has been gestating for at least three years. Chemical fire near Forbes burns into second day 14 June 2015
In Canberra ANU has an experimental solar thermal setup with two ~20m curved tracking mirrors near where Parkes Way crosses Sullivan creek. Aerial scene.
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ANU says – Solar Thermal Group (STG) conducts research, development and education in the field of renewable energy engineering and related thermal, chemical, materials and optical sciences. I wonder if the ANU STG has secrets that could help Vast succeed with their Solar Thermal so far non worko at Forbes? Or is ARENA closer to the truth to say “…concentrated solar thermal (CST) technology could be a commercially viable form of dispatchable renewable energy within a decade.”
Under a 120,000 litre tank of sodium doesn’t seem like the ideal spot to have a fire??
So this looks like another casualty of the ARENA edict that “……concentrated solar thermal (CST) technology could be a commercially viable form of dispatchable renewable energy within a decade.”
ARENA says concentrated solar thermal not viable
www.warwickhughes.com/blog/?p=5690
The White Cliffs Thermal Solar (the first solar power station in Australia) was a failure for many reasons. The diesel backup operated most of the time but that broke down sometimes as well. The local motel installed their own diesel. Eventual the town was connected to the grid (from the diesel power station at Broken Hill) and the the plant at White Cliffs shut down. Solar Thermal is a waste of money and needs the same as solar PV 100% backup.
Bob in Castlemaine – Too right! And existing solar thermal plants and photovoltaic solar arrays are major fire risks. See
arstechnica.com/science/2016/05/heat-from-misaligned-mirrors-at-solar-thermal-plant-causes-electrical-fire/
docketpublic.energy.ca.gov/PublicDocuments/Regulatory/Non%20Active%20AFC's/09-AFC-5%20Abengoa%20Mojave%20Solar/2010/June/TN%2057264%2006-22-10%20San%20Bernardino%20County%20Fire%20Department%20-%20Response%20to%20Solar%20Thermal%20Power%20Plants.pdf
www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/state-politics/years-to-understand-fire-risk-of-solar-power-systems/news-story/bcb237fc4e13e3cf37e56cadfaf44430
www.express.co.uk/news/uk/826553/Solar-panel-fire-fears-BRE-flats-east-London-Bethnal-Green
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Videos of solar panel fires: https://www.google.at/search?q=solar+panels+fires&source=lnms&tbm=vid&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjBy-q7iLPaAhUjyKYKHbWvBpsQ_AUIDSgE&biw=1366&bih=638
Still, especially as regards solar thermal, maybe it’s better that they catch fire than that they work as designed, given how deadly they are in normal operation:
www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-solar-bird-deaths-20160831-snap-story.html
Pictures of Cooma and Cargelligo solar thermal projects and Engineers show the White Cliffs historic site not far east of airport. Google Earth shows remains of the White Cliffs solar thermal hardware. Not sure what the 9 white circles are just to the south.
The ABC report on White Cliffs in 2017.
I doesn’t seem to matter where they are built solar plants don’t rate as anything better than “white elephants”.
wattsupwiththat.com/2018/05/05/the-tower-of-power-falls-short-produces-only-30-of-capacity/