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| THE SALTS WE PROCESS - store solutions for the future |
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In the continuous challenge to produce clean energy and to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, SOLAR POWER is considered as one of the leading renewable sources. Thanks to SQM's thermo-solar salts, a mixture of sodium nitrate and potassium nitrate, SOLAR POWER can now be made available, even when the sun is not shining, since these nitrates allow to store thermo-solar energy and to release it in the most efficient and environmental friendly way. SQM’s sodium and potassium nitrates: a new source of natural energy.
SQM, the worldwide market leader in the production and the commercialization of Specialty Plant Nutrition (SPN), Iodine and Lithium, is also one of the global key providers of natural, high quality thermo-solar salts that play an essential role in the storage of thermo-solar energy needed to convert sunlight into electricity in Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) Plants.
Some key advantages:
• Virtually maintenance free.
• High specific heat.
• High thermal conductivity.
• High chemical stability (up to 580°C or 1.076°F).
• Non-flammable.
• Non-toxic.
• Produced from natural resources with much lower greenhouse gas emissions and far less environmental impact compared to synthetically produced salts. |
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