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To: Eric who wrote (1483648)	9/6/2024 2:46:17 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	1 Recommendation Recommended By longz Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1577842

Sorry Eric, but that's a lab experiment. I'm thinking of the big solar plants that were constructed in Morocco, along with a big solar plant that was constructed in Arizona: Solana Generating Station (Wikipedia) Instead of PV cells, these plants use mirrors to heat a central core that contains molten sodium. That then gets pumped to a heat exchanger, which then boils water and generates electricity. The problem is that these solar plants are incredibly expensive to run. I'm not sure exactly why, but it seems maintaining all of the mirrors and having them aim consistently at the sodium core costs a lot of money. Also dealing with the molten sodium itself is incredibly difficult and requires a LOT of water for whatever reasons. This is an example of a theory that may have been viable in a lab setting but turned out to be a failure when scaled up to utility dimensions. And I bring it up because it shares the same molten salt concept as the sodium-based battery that was just cooked up in the lab. Tenchusatsu