Round-the-clock solar power plant in Spain – big picture

Gemasolar, the world’s first commercial high-temperature solar power plant, is expected to be able to supply energy to the grid based on demand, regardless of whether there is constant solar radiation

Gemasolar, a 15 megawatt solar power tower plant. Gemasolar uses molten salt technologies for receiving and storing energy. Its 16-hour molten salt storage system can deliver power around the clock. It runs the equivalent of 6,570 full hours out of 8,769 tota, says makers Torresol Energy. Photograph: Markel Redondo/Greenpeace

Contributed by: Alex Woodward for Volumatrix Group on August 22, 2011.