Controllable, integrated energy storage using water as the cheapest and most effective material for the storage of low-temperature heat and for absorbing solar radiations.
Combined with the insulated concrete basin underneath, as the cheapest long-term storage for low-temperature heat, it allows the production of electricity only as needed with the highest energy use.
Uses a half-cylinder of highly efficient, IR-reflecting insulated glass as a solar collector and pressure vessel that enables the use of air as the working medium, suppressing all heat losses and having by far the highest surface efficiency by eliminating the need of cooling behind the power turbine.
With the above mentioned factors, it achieves a storage capacity of almost 100% and, alongside it’s low investment and running costs, can generate the lowest electricity cost in comparison to all other technologies.
It also uses the thermal energy stored in their reservoirs for water desalination that, combined with TerraFuture-Humus production and agriculture technology, makes regreening deserts and drylands almost worldwide possible by restoring the fertility of eroded soils, consequently creating large amounts of CO2.