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Molten salt storage tank at Crescent Dunes Solar, near Tonopah, Nevada: digital photograph

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2014-06-24
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Photographer's note: "A molten salt storage tank at Crescent Dunes Solar. The two storage tanks hold heated molten salt and allow the plant to produce electricity through the night. "Cold salt" is 550°F (288°C) and "hot salt" after it is heated by the receive at the top of the tower is approximately 1050°F (566°C). On site photo, Crescent Dunes Solar, near Tonopah, Nevada, USA."
Photographer's assigned keywords: "110 megawatts; CSP; Concentrated Solar Energy; Concentrated Solar Power; Crescent Dunes; NV; Nevada; Solar Reserve; SolarReserve; Tonopah; concentrated solar thermal; green energy; ground-based photo; molten salt; on-site; renewable energy; storage; tower."
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20140624_CP_02238
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20140624_CP_02238. Jamey Stillings Photograph Collection, June 24, 2014. PH-00380. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.

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This material is protected by copyright. Personal, including educational and academic, use of this material is without restriction but acknowledgement of Jamey Stillings and the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, University Libraries is requested. Commercial use of any portion of this material is prohibited. Contact the copyright owner, Jamey Stillings, for more information.
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2014-06-24
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