A Melbourne-based solar storage technology company hoping to combine solar power and long duration energy storage (LDES) has announced that one component of its flagship site in Western Victoria is now connected to the grid. RayGen – backed by AGL and a host of big international energy companies – said on Wednesday that it is sending power to the grid from its Carwarp site just over 30 kilometres south of Mildura, using technology that uses mirrors to reflect sunlight to a high performance PV receiver mounted on a central tower. The solar towers at this demonstration project have a capacity of 4MW ...