Siemens to build molten salt solar thermal test facility in Portugal

As part of the High-Performance Solar Thermal Power research project sponsored by the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, Siemens together with German partner companies is to build a power plant test facility operating with molten salt as heat transfer medium. The partner companies include the German Aerospace Center (DLR), K+S AG, Senior Berghöfer GmbH and Steinmüller Engineering GmbH. The technology is to be tested and optimized over a period of three years on the premises of the University of Evora, which is located approximately 130 kilometers southeast of Lisbon, Portugal. The site and the plant infrastructure will be made available through an agreement with the Portuguese utility Energias de Portugal’s (EdP) innovation unit, EDP Inovação.

Source: Siemens