Large solar farms are part of the answer to implementing energy generated from capture of heat from the sun. Utility scale systems are complex implementations of aggregated capture devices. The value of utility scale build out is the sheer size of the projects.

It is easier to implement one large project in a controlled area than to implement multiple medium size project to achieve the same level of power generation.

Molten salt solar energy storage systems implement utility scale solar electricity systems. The large scale provides replacement for coal systems and supplements nuclear systems that are not feasible in many locations. Solar concentrators are able to run conventional steam generators, leveraging existing technology for renewable energy electricity use. Corrosion is an issue. The pipes that carry the molten salt need to be corrosion resistant, otherwise they need to be replaced every year. Heat is another issue. The high heat of the salt may cause chemical decomposition of the solution, creating the need to replace the solution at relatively short intervals.

There is growing global demand for cost-effective and reliable solar power. Molten salt storage and solar electricity generation by use of steam turbines are poised to achieve significant growth. The economies of scale have not yet kicked in and will do so after 100 projects have been built out. The technology promises to be significant because the projects generate so much electricity.

Solar concentrators are efficient and leverage existing steam generation technology. The technology will succeed far faster and be far more wide spread that the vendor executives are now predicting. With rising prices of oil and the Gulf of Mexico oil well disaster, solar power begins to look good, because it is a sustainable energy source.

Aggregation of electricity generated from solar panels placed on commercial roofs is another aspect of utility scale electricity generation. The commercial roof electricity can be sold from electricity substations to the locality for use in data centers, powering electric vehicles, and general electricity usage.

Solar energy market driving forces relate to the opportunity to harness a cheap, long lasting, powerful energy source. Solar energy can be used to create electricity in huge quantity. Solar panels are mounted in a weatherproof frame, are mounted in areas with direct exposure to the sun to generate electricity from sunlight.

Solar power systems are comprised of solar modules, related power electronics, and other components. Solar panels are used in residential, commercial and industrial applications. Solar compositions of arrays that comprise electric utility grids appear to be the wave of the future.

The demand for solar energy is dependent on a lower prices for solar and higher prices for petroleum. A combination of economies of scale being realized in the manufacturing along with increases in the current prices for petroleum will drive solar energy adoption.

The overall solar market has attained enough critical mass to boost competitive technologies of thin film and monocrystalline, polycrystalline, and multicrystalline silicon based systems.

Concentrated thermal solar molten salt storage units at a level below $100 million in 2009 are anticipated to reach $13.6 billion by 2016. Vendors are well positioned to gain significant market share over the next five years as existing products are tuned as second and third generation products to achieve more economies of scale.


Check Out These Key Topics:

Molten Salt
Thermal Solar Energy Storage
Concentrated Solar Power (CSP)
Parabolic Trough
Parabolic Dish
Solar Central Tower
Heliostats
Heliostat Control System
Commercial Solar Panels
Solar Utility
Smart Grid
Solar Concentrated Power Technologies
Solar Thermal With Molten Salt Energy Storage
Concentrated Solar Electricity Solutions
Solar Energy
Solar Steam Generator
Mirrors To Concentrate Suns Energy
Mirrors To Concentrate Solar Energy
Solar Energy Round-Trip Efficiency
Climate Change
Raise Global Sea Levels
Changing Water Supplies
Solar-Thermal Power Plant
Next-Generation Solar UVAC Receiver
Molten Salt Solar Energy Thermal Storage and Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) Market Shares Strategies, and Forecasts, Worldwide, 2010 to 2016

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 
Molten Salt Solar  Executive Summary

      Molten Salt Storage of Solar Energy Executive Summary
      Molten Salt Utility Scale Storage of Electricity From Solar Energy
        Nanotechnology Promises To Be A Significant Aspect Of Solar
        Storage Market Evolution
        Global Demand For Cost-Effective And Reliable Solar Power
      Molten Salt Solar Utility Scale Steam Turbine Market Shares
      Molten Salt Solar Utility Scale Energy Market Forecast

Molten Salt Solar Market Description And Market Dynamics 

      1. Molten Salt Thermal Storage and
      1.1 Molten Salt Stores Solar Energy As Heat
        1.1.1 Using Mirrors To Concentrate Sun Energy
        1.1.2 Compressing Air Or Pumping Water
        Uphill To Store Sun's Energy
        1.1.3 Round-Trip Efficiency
      1.2 Molten Salt As Solar Heat Battery
        1.2.1 Salt Storage System Potential Issues
      1.3 Utility-Scale Thermal Concentrating Solar
        1.3.1 Climate Change Is Predicted To Raise Global Sea Levels
      1.4 Nuclear Power Plants
        1.4.1 Impact of Changing Water Supplies
      1.5 Power Plans
      1.6 Concentrated Solar Power (CSP)
        1.6.1   Components Of A Concentrated Solar Power CSP System
        1.6.2   Parabolic Trough
        1.6.3   Parabolic Dish
        1.6.4   Central Tower
        1.6.5   Solar Furnace
        1.6.6   Solar Radiation Types Of Receiver
      1.7 Uses Of CSP Technology
      1.8 Decentralised Generation
      1.9 Solar Air Conditioning
        1.9.1 Solar Air Conditioning Sorbent
        1.9.2 Refrigerant Circulation Systems Differentiated Processes
      1.10   Go Solar California
        1.10.1 Power The World From Desert
      1.11   Key Elements In A Solar Cell
        1.11.1 Emcore Magnifies Solar Energy
        1.11.2 CPV Utility Positioning

Molten Salt Solar Market Shares And Market Forecasts

      2. Molten Salt Storage of Solar Energy Market
      Shares and Market Forecasts
      2.1 Molten Salt Utility Scale Storage of Electricity From Solar Energy
        2.1.1 Nanotechnology Promises To Be A Significant
        Aspect Of Solar Storage Market Evolution
        2.1.2 Global Demand For Cost-Effective And Reliable Solar Power
      2.2 Molten Salt Solar Utility Scale Steam Turbine Market Shares
        2.2.1 Siemens' Environmental Portfolio Revenue
      2.3 Molten Salt Solar Utility Scale Energy Market Participants
          2.3.1 United Technologies
          2.3.2 Solar Reserve Partnered With United Technologies
          2.3.3 United Technologies Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne
          2.3.4 Abengoa Solar Commercial Operation of Solnova 3
          2.3.5 Areva / Ausra
          2.3.6 BrightSource Energy Ivanpah project
          2.3.7 GE Energy
          2.3.8 Schott Solar Utility-Scale Thermal Concentrating Solar
      2.4 Molten Salt Solar Utility Scale Energy Market Forecast
      2.5 Solar Steam Generators Market Forecast
          2.5.1 Concentrating Linear Reflectors
          2.5.2 Solar Thermal Molten Salt Storage Electricity Forecasts
      2.6 Molten Salt Solar Storage Regional Analysis

Molten Salt Solar Product Description

      3      Molten Salt Solar Storage and Concentrated Solar Power (CSP)
      3.1 Abengoa SA
          3.1.1   Abengoa Solar Commercial Operation of Solnova 3
      3.2 Areva / Ausra
          3.2.1   Areva New Strategy
      3.3 BrightSource Energy
          3.3.1 Brightsource Energy $1.4 Billion In Loan Guarantees From U.S. Department Of
          Energy
          3.3.2 BrightSource Energy Ivanpah Project
          3.3.3 BrightSource Energy Luz Power Tower 550 (LPT 550)
          Technology
          3.3.4 Brightsource Energy Reduced Footprint
          Mitigation For Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System
          3.3.5 BrightSource Energy Mirrors
          3.3.6 BrightSource Energy Heliostats
          3.3.7 BrightSource Energy Heliostat Control System
          3.3.8 BrightSource EnergyTower and Boiler
          3.3.9 BrightSource Energy Power Block
      3.4 United Technologies
          3.4.1 United Technologies Hamilton Sundstrand Unit
        3.4.2 United Technologies Hamilton Sundstrand
      3.5 Solar Millennium Salts To Replace Oil In
      Parabolic Trough Power Plants
      3.6 SolarReserve Power Towers
        3.6.1 Solar Thermal With Molten Salt Energy Storage:
        SolarReserve Heads to Nevada
        3.6.2 Solar Reserve Partnered With United Technologies
      3.7 Siemens Energy Sector / Renewable Energy Division
        3.7.1 Siemens Solar-Thermal Power Plant
        3.7.2 Siemens Global Market Leader For Turbines In Solar Thermal Parabolic Trough
        Power Plants
        3.7.3 Siemens Solar-Thermal Power Plant: Putting the Desert to Use
        3.7.4 Siemens 123-MW Steam Turbine-Generator For
        Solar Thermal Power Plant In California
        3.7.5 Siemens Solar Efficiency
        3.7.6 Siemens Next-Generation Solar UVAC Receiver
        Increases Thermal Output Of Power Plants
      3.8 Asahi Glass
        3.8.1 Asahi Glass Flexible Solar Cells
      3.9 GE
      3.10   Hitachi

Molten Salt Solar Storage Technology

      4. Molten Salt Thermal Storage and Concentrated
      Solar Power (CSP) Technology
      4.1 Molten Salt
        4.1.1 Salt Storage System Potential Issues
      4.2 Molten Salts Store Solar Energy As Heat
        4.2.1 Salt System Efficient At Heat Storage
      4.3 Parabolic Trough Thermal Energy Storage Technology
        4.3.1 Parabolic Trough
        4.3.2 Thermal Energy Storage Systems
        4.3.3 Thermal Energy Storage System
        4.3.4 Single-Tank Thermocline
        4.3.5 Direct Molten-Salt Heat Transfer Fluid
      4.4 Thermal Stability Of Imidazolium Salts
      4.5 Concrete Thermal Energy Storage Media
        4.5.1    Phase-Change Materials
      4.6 Solar Cells Achieve Power Without Maintenance
        4.6.1 Internal Electrostatic Field
        4.6.2 Converting Sunlight to Electricity
      4.7 Thin Film Material Layers

 
Molten Salt Solar Company Profiles

      5. Molten Salt Solar Generated Electricity
      Storage Company Profiles
      5.1 Abengoa
        5.1.1 Abengoa and Climate Change
      5.2 Acciona Solar Power
      5.3 Applied Materials
        5.3.1    Applied Materials Segment Analysis
        5.3.2    Applied Materials Silicon Segment
        5.3.3    Applied Three-Dimensional (3D) ICs
        5.3.4    Applied Materials Deposition
        5.3.5    Applied Materials Atomic Layer Deposition
        5.3.6    Applied Materials Chemical Vapor Deposition
        5.3.7    Applied Materials Applied Producer CVD Platform
        5.3.8    Applied Materials Low k Dielectric Films --
        5.3.9    Applied Materials Lithography-Enabling Solutions
        5.3.10   Applied Materials Gap Fill Films --
        5.3.11   Applied Materials Strain Engineering Solutions
        5.3.12   Applied Materials Epitaxial Deposition
        5.3.13   Applied Materials Polysilicon Deposition --
        5.3.14 Applied Materials Tungsten Deposition --
        5.3.15 Applied Materials Physical Vapor Deposition
        5.3.16 Applied Materials Etch
        5.3.17 Applied Materials Rapid Thermal Processing
        5.3.18 Applied Materials Chemical Mechanical Planarization
        5.3.19 Applied Materials Metrology and Wafer Inspection
        5.3.20 Applied Materials Critical Dimension and
        Defect Review Scanning Electron Microscopes
        (CD-SEMs and DR-SEMs)
        5.3.21 Applied Materials Wafer Inspection
        5.3.22 Applied Materials Mask Making
        5.3.23 Applied Materials Display Segment
        5.3.24 Applied Global Services Segment
        5.3.25 Applied Materials Fab Services --
        5.3.26 Applied Films Vacuum Coating Technologies
        5.3.27 Applied Materials Energy and Environmental
        Solutions Segment
      5.4 Areva / Ausra
        5.4.1 AREVA Leads Global Nuclear Power Industry
      5.5 Asahi Glass Co Ltd
        5.5.1 Asahi Glass Fuel Cell
        5.5.2 Asahi Glass Fuel Cells Close To Practical Use
        5.5.3 Asahi Glass Fuel Cells In Daily Life In 2010
        5.5.4 Asahi Glass Chemicals Business as Core
        Business to the AGC Group
        5.5.5 Asahi Glass ETFE Film With High
        Transparency And Flexibility
        5.5.6 AGC Asahi GlassRevenue
        5.5.7 Asahi Glass Revenue
      5.6 Battelle
      5.7 BrightSource Energy
        5.7.1 BrightSource Energy $1.4 billion In Loan
        Guarantees From The U.S. Department of Energy
        5.7.2 BrightSource Energy Ivanpah Project: Clean Energy,
         Union Jobs, Environmentally-Responsible Design
        5.7.3 BrightSource Energy Luz Power Tower 550 (LPT 550)
        Technology
        5.7.4 Brightsource Energy $150 Million Of Equity
        Financing
      5.8 Corning
        5.8.1    Corning Display Technologies Segment
        5.8.2    Corning Revenue
        5.8.3    Corning Display Technologies Segment
        5.8.4    Corning Telecommunications Segment
        5.8.5    Corning Environmental Technologies Segment
        5.8.6    Corning Specialty Materials Segment
        5.8.7    Corning Life Sciences Segment
      5.9 Directed Vapor Technology
        5.9.1 Directed Vapor Deposition Next Generation
        Coating Technology
      5.10   du Pont
        5.10.1   DuPont
        5.10.2   DuPontTM Kapton®
        5.10.3   DuPontTM Kapton® Polyimide Films
        5.10.4   DuPont Teonex
      5.11   GE Energy
        5.11.1 GE Steam Turbines to Boost Output,
        Efficiency of Saudi Electricity Company's Qurayyah Power Plant
        5.11.2 GE Emissions Testing Team Becomes
        Early Adopter of Future EPA Standards
        5.11.3 GE Smart Grid Technologies Transform
        Ireland's Energy
      5.12   Hitachi
        5.12.1 Hitachi America
        5.12.2 Hitachi America, Ltd. Focusing On Smart
        Grid Energy Storage for Solar Farms
        5.12.3 Hitachi Long Life Lead Acid Batteries
      5.13   SCHOTT Solar
        5.13.1 Schott Electronic Packaging Gmbh
        5.13.2 Schott Ag Flat Glass
      5.14   SEIA:
      5.15   Siemens
        5.15.1 Siemens Business Areas
        5.15.2 Siemens Steam Turbine-Generator to England ­
        Delivery Scheduled In 13 Months
        5.15.3 Siemens Energy Sector
        5.15.4 Siemens Revenue
        5.15.5 Siemens' Worldwide Network
      5.16   United Technologies / SolarReserve
        5.16.1 United Technologies
        5.16.2 United Technologies / Hamilton Sundstrand
        5.16.3 Hamilton Sundstrand Technologically Advanced
        Aerospace And Industrial Products
        5.16.4 United Technologies Revenue

List of Tables and Figures

Molten Salt Solar Executive Summary

      Table ES-1
      Solar Energy Molten Salt Storage Market Driving Forces
      Figure ES-2
      Solar Power Steam Generator Market Shares, 2009
      Figure ES-3
      Molten Salt Storage Receiver Market Forecasts Dollars,
      Worldwide, 2010-2016

Molten Salt Solar Market Description And Market Dynamics 

      Figure 1-1
      Molten Salt As Solar Heat Battery
      Figure 1-2
      Heliostat Sun Tracking Mirror
      Table 1-3
      Components Of A Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) System
      Figure 1-4
      Parabolic Trough Collectors Producing Superheated Steam
      Figure 1-5
      Solar Parabolic Dish With a Stirling Engine
      Figure 1-6
      Central Tower Installation Spain
      Figure 1-7
      Solar Furnace
      Figure 1-8
      Solar Chemical Reactor Under Solar Operation
      Figure 1-9
      Main Components Of The System At The University
      Clinic Of Freiburg: Adsorption Refrigeration Machine
      Figure 1-10
      Solar Thermal System
      Table 1-11
      Key Elements In A Solar Cell
      Table 1-12
      Key Main Categories Of Technology In A Silicon Based Solar Cell 

Molten Salt Solar Market Shares and Market Forecasts 

      Table 2-1
      Solar Energy Molten Salt Storage Market Driving Forces
      Figure 2-2
      Solar Power Steam Generator Market Shares, 2009
      Table 2-3
      Solar Power Steam Generator Market Shares, 2009
      Figure 2-4
      Siemens Steam Turbine

      Figure 2-5
      Solar Collector Assembly
      Figure 2-6
      Molten Salt Storage Receiver Market Forecasts
      Dollars, Worldwide, 2010-2016
      Table 2-7
      Solar Power Thermal Market Shipment Forecasts,
      Molten Salt Storage Units and Dollars, Worldwide, 2010-2016
      Table 2-8
      Solar Power Thermal Market Shipment Forecasts,
      Molten Salt Storage Units, Worldwide, 2010-2016
      Table 2-9
      Selected Steam Generator Vendors
      Figure 2-10
      Installed Concentrated Solar Energy Market Forecasts
      Gigawatts, Worldwide, 2010-2016
      Table 2-11
      Solar Energy Concentrated Molten Salt Storage Installed
      Megawatts Market Forecasts
      Units and Dollars, Worldwide, 2010-2016
      Table 2-12
      Steam Generator Installed Base Units Market Forecasts
      Units and Dollars, Worldwide, 2010-2016
      Table 2-13
      Advantages Of Steam Turbine Machines
      Table 2-14
      Disadvantages Of Steam Turbine Machines
      Figure 2-15
      Solar Steam Generator Regional Market Segments, 2009
      Table 2-16
      Solar Steam Generator Regional Market Segments, 2009
      Figure 2-17
      Solar Molten Salt Storage Regional Market Segments, 2016
      Table 2-18
      Solar Molten Salt Storage Regional Market Segments, 2016

 Molten Salt Solar Product Description 

      Figure 3-1
      Abengoa SA Solar Positioning
      Figure 3-2
      Abengoa SA Solar Parabolic Trough
      Figure 3-3
      Abengoa SA Solar Parabolic Trough ISCC
      Figure 3-4
      Abengoa SA Solar Parabolic Trough
      Figure 3-5
      Abengoa SA Solar Parabolic
      Figure 3-6
      BrightSource Energy Mirrors
      Figure 3-7
      BrightSource Energy Heliostats
      Figure 3-8
      BrightSource Energy Heliostat Control System
      Table 3-9
      BrightSource Energy Control System Functions
      Table 3-10
      BrightSource Energy Control System Conditions Controlled
      Figure 3-11
      BrightSource EnergyTower and Boiler
      Figure 3-12
      BrightSource Energy Power Block
      Figure 3-13
      Molten Salt As Solar Heat Battery
      Figure 3-14
      Siemens Solar-Thermal Power Plant: Putting the Desert to Use
      Figure 3-15
      Siemens Turbines for Solar Thermal Parabolic Trough
      Table 3-16
      Siemens CSP Solar Receiver (Universal Vacuum
      Air Collector UVAC 2010) Features
      Figure 3-17
      Asahi Glass Solar Curve Factor
      Figure 3-18
      Asahi Glass Textured Finish To Solar Panel
      Figure 3-19
      GE10 MW Solar Park Caceres, Spain 2008

Molten Salt Solar Technology
      Figure 4-1
      Parabolic Trough Collectors Producing Superheated Steam
      Table 4-2
      Parabolic trough thermal energy storage technology
      Table 4-3
      Thermal Energy Transfers Technical Feasibility Of The
      System To A Series Of Heat Exchangers

Molten Salt Solar Company Profiles

      Figure 5-1
      Abengoa International Presence
      Figure 5-2
      Abengoa Projects in Spain
      Figure 5-3
      Abengoa US Projects and Presence
      Figure 5-4
      Abengoa Algeria Projects and Presence
      Figure 5-5
      Abengoa Algeria Siting
      Figure 5-6
      Abengoa Moroco Projects and Presence
      Figure 5-7
      Abengoa Moroccan Firm ONE Projects
      Table 5-8
      ACCIONA Business Divisions
      Figure 5-9
      Asahi Glass Transparent Conductive Film Glass Substrates
      Figure 5-10
      Asahi Glass Fuel Cell
      Figure 5-11
      AGC Asahi Glass Ecoglass Sun Balance
      Figure 5-12
      AGC Asahi Glass Comparison Between Ordinary
      Windshield and Coolverre
      Figure 5-13
      AGC Asahi Glass Effects of Coolverre
      Figure 5-14
      Asahi Glass Revenue
      Figure 5-15
      Asahi Glass Sales Ratios
      Figure 5-16
      AGC Asahi Glass New Glass Products
      Figure 5-17
      AGC Asahi Glass New Glass Products
      Figure 5-18
      Asahi Glass Segments
      Figure 5-19
      Asahi Glass Sales
      Figure 5-20
      Asahi Glass Performance Trends
      Figure 5-21
      Asahi Glass Growth Positioning
      Figure 5-22
      Asahi Glass Production Technologies
      Figure 5-23
      Directed Vapor Technology
      Figure 5-24
      DuPont Photovoltaic Encapsulant Functions
      Figure 5-25
      DuPont Photovoltaic Encapsulants
      Table 5-26
      DuPont Kapton® Features:
      Table 5-27
      DuPont Technical Data for Standard Kapton® Polyimide Film
      Table 5-28
      DuPont Teonex
      Table 5-29
      Hitachi Industrial Systems
      Table 5-29 (Continued)
      Hitachi Industrial Systems
      Table 5-30
      Hitachi Large Generator Positioning
      Table 5-31
      Hitachi Product Positioning
      Figure 5-32
      Schott Products Glass-to-Metal-Seals and Ceramic-to-Metal-Seals
      Figure 5-33
      Schott Automotive Glass
      Figure 5-34
      Schott Defense Seals
      Figure 5-35
      Schott Industry Special Products
      Figure 5-35 (Continued)
      Schott Industry Special Products
      · Figure 5-35 (Continued)
      Schott Industry Special Products
      Table 5-36
      Schott Electronic Packaging Product Benefits:
      Figure 5-37
      Schott A Flexible Glass Fiber Light Guides Transmit The Light
      Figure 5-38
      Schott Ultra thin Glass Flexible Substrates
      Table 5-39
      Siemens Business Areas
      Table 5-40
      Siemens Industrial Portals
      Figure 5-41
      Siemens Generator Turbine
      Table 5-42
      United Technologies Operating Segments