Operator Enel named the plant after the “burning mirrors” that the Greek scientist Archimedes is said to have used to set fire to Roman ships besieging the nearby city of Syracuse during the siege of 214-212 BC.
Although it looks similar to other big concentrating solar power (CSP) projects that use parabolic-trough technology, the 5MW experimental plant is on its way to shaking up the market through its use of molten salt instead of synthetic oil as a heat-transfer fluid.
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