The National Energy Administration has notified support for solar thermal power generation, and "two sodium" and nitric acid enterprises may benefit from it

2024-08-30 13:58:55

According to PV info official account, on March 20, 2023, the National Energy Administration issued the Notice of the General Department of the National Energy Administration on Promoting the Development of Solar Thermal Power Generation in Scale. The notice states: 1. Fully understand the importance of the large-scale development of photothermal power generation. 2. Actively carry out research on the large-scale development of photothermal technology. 3. In combination with the construction of new energy bases in desert, Gobi, and desert areas, the implementation of solar thermal power generation projects should be carried out as soon as possible. 4. Improve the technical level of solar thermal power generation projects. In the operation of photothermal power generation and energy storage functions, the selection of heat transfer and storage media is very important. Molten salt has a series of advantages such as high working temperature, good heat transfer performance, strong Safety, and long service life, and has become the mainstream choice of heat transfer and storage media. In terms of molten salt selection, nitrate has the advantages of low melting point, large specific heat capacity, high thermal stability, and relatively low corrosiveness, and is currently widely used. In addition, molten salt energy storage is widely used in the fields of heating and waste heat recovery. In early March 2023, Musk announced the third part of Tesla's secret grand plan at an investor conference, expressing his hope to achieve a sustainable energy economy through changes in five areas, including the implementation of high-temperature heating and storage in industrial processes. We believe that with the steady progress of solar thermal power generation projects and the popularization of thermal storage medium heating in industry, the application of molten salt energy storage is expected to accelerate in the future, driving the steady increase in market demand for upstream chemicals such as sodium nitrate, potassium nitrate, and nitric acid. "Two sodium" and nitric acid enterprises may benefit.