The CSP concept will marry Areva’s modular compact linear fresnel reflector (CLFR) technology with Sandia Labs’ molten salt storage-system.

It will be the first to use Sandia’s molten salt test loop at the US Department of Energy’s National Solar Thermal Test Facility in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Areva Solar chief executive Bill Gallo says combining molten salt storage with CLFR technology is a new concept.

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