A unique project combining large-scale capacities of solar PV and concentrated solar thermal (CST) will be able to deliver firm power through the use of a pioneering thermal energy storage plant.

Last week, Australian firm 1414 Degrees (14D) said it would acquire SolarReserve Australia II Pty Ltd, which owns the aforementioned Aurora Solar Energy Project near Port Augusta in South Australia as well as two other solar sites in New South Wales.

14D will use the Aurora complex to pilot its pathfinding TESS-GRID thermal storage technology and deliver stable power to the grid. The storage system will gradually be built up to store and dispatch several thousand megawatt-hours, the firm said in a release.

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