Aalborg CSP’s steam generation system for the 600 MW DEWA CSP project in Dubai Researchers at DLR, and NREL, and the Bill Gates-funded start-up Malta have been investigating converting coal plants into grid-scale thermal energy storage for curtailed intermittent renewable energy, as low-cost heat “batteries.” Conversion would repurpose most of a coal plant’s assets. Instead …
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