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20/10/14

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Originally posted by sierra ↑

Of course salts for this purpose are commercially available.

"Heat storage allows a solar thermal plant to produce electricity at night and on overcast days. This allows the use of solar power for baseload generation as well as peak power generation, with the potential of displacing both coal- and natural gas-fired power plants. Additionally, the utilization of the generator is higher which reduces cost.
Heat is transferred to a thermal storage medium in an insulated reservoir during the day, and withdrawn for power generation at night. Thermal storage media include pressurized steam, concrete, a variety of phase change materials, and molten salts such as calcium, sodium and potassium nitrate."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_thermal_energy

The latest solar thermal power stations are all using molten salt for base load.

http://cleantechnica.com/2013/10/14/worlds-largest-solar-thermal-plant-storage-comes-online/

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Didn't say you couldn't buy the salt, just not the battery as a going unit. But you can buy a containerised VFB ... http://www.redtenergy.com/energystorageproducts or even DIY bits here ... http://www.tradeindia.com/fp525339/Vanadium-Redox-Flow-Battery.html
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