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Re:California's San Bernardino County restricts construction... by samstokes on Friday March 01, 2019 @01:44AM (#19278458)
The glowing tower contains molten salt, used to store the focused solar energy. [1] I never knew that was a thing until I too drove past it. It was one of the more memorable sights on a 3000 mile road trip.

[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_thermal_energy#Molten_...

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Re:California's San Bernardino County restricts construction... by pmikesell on Friday March 01, 2019 @02:14AM (#19278553)
Ivanpah uses water, not salts:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivanpah_Solar_Power_Facility

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