What power is Achimede combined cycle power plant is using to convert the energy from sunlight into electricity using molten salt for heat and storage which is integrated with the combined cycle gas facility?
Archimede combined cycle power plant Archimede combined cycle power plant (also known as Centrale a ciclo combinato Archimede, once Centrale Enel Priolo Gargallo) is an integrated solar combined cycle (ISCC) power generation plant at Priolo Gargallo near Syracuse in Sicily, Italy. The combine cycle section was inaugurated in 2003, and the solar field on 14 July 2010. The solar field is the first to use molten salt for heat transfer and storage which is integrated with the combined-cycle gas facility. It uses technology developed by ENEA and Archimede Solar Energy, a joint venture between Angelantoni Industrie and Siemens Energy. Archimede is owned and operated by Enel.
Solar energy conversion Solar Energy Conversion is a general concept in science and technology that covers all forms of technologies devoted to the transformation of solar energy to other (useful) forms of energy, including electricity, fuel, and heat. This term is widely used in current research and development to signify a broader range of light-harvesting technologies than traditional semiconductor photovoltaic devices (PVs), in particular also including emerging photovoltaics, as well as solar fuels generation via water splitting artificial photosynthesis and related forms of photocatalysis directed at the generation of energy rich molecules.