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Re:Giant 'sand battery' holds a week's heat for a whole town by defrost on Wednesday March 13, 2024 @08:43PM (#39699350)
CSP Pilot plant broke ground 12 years ago:

    In 2012 Vast Solar commenced its 1.2 MW Performance Validation Project which was supported by funding from the then Australian Solar Institute.

    This CST project was completed on 22 October 2019.
https://arena.gov.au/projects/csp-pilot-plant/

Scaled up second stage is being built out now (2024):

    Vast said on Friday that it has partnered up with global design and manufacturing firm Contratos y Diseños Industriales (CYD) to take the next step forward on its VS1 project, the 30MW/288MWh plant in South Australia.
(Aug 2023): https://reneweconomy.com.au/australias-biggest-solar-thermal...
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