DENVER–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Solar Dynamics LLC, EPRI, and Malta Inc., announced today the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) selected their team to develop a new design basis document intended to accelerate low-carbon energy applications that utilize nitrate salt storage.
The initiative will combine the organizations’ industry-leading knowledge and experience to present technical recommendations for future energy projects utilizing nitrate salt as a heat transport fluid and thermal storage medium.
Through the compilation of cutting-edge engineering practices and lessons learned from past projects, both successful and unsuccessful, this design basis document is intended to codify industry consensus and establish guidelines to assist future developers in planning reliable, efficient, and cost-effective designs.
This new design basis document could advance the next generation…