Shaft Apex
Energy study
Directional concept only. Numbers are scaled from the Shaft 300 geometry. Not an engineered plant.
Towers
4 × 3,000 m
Nameplate
2.0–2.5 GW
Annual
8–10 TWh
Storage
40–60 GWh
Record concept
Four identical yawing collectors, one shared mega-base.
Three-quarter aerial 
Golden-hour aerial 
Night array 
Collector crown 
Base platform 
Side elevation
Complete design
Plan, schematic, base, cutaway, and night set.
Master plan 
Energy schematic 
Night complex 
Base layout 
Isometric overview 
Crown cutaway 
Labeled elevation
3D model
Same architecture as solid, night, cutaway, and wireframe.
Ground perspective 
Full complex 
Night model 
Tower cutaway 
Wireframe hybrid
Professional views
Lattice shafts and parabolic concentrators, finished campus.
Professional view 
Three-quarter view 
Construction study 
Under construction
Systems
Architecture, capture, power, storage, and what the sizing implies.
Architecture
Four identical 3,000 m yawing collectors in a square. The crown tracks azimuth. Segmented parabolic mirrors and CPC optics throw light onto a receiver. Steel and composite lattice shafts. The mega-base ties thermal and electric paths together.
Capture
Mirrors, then CPC, then a spectral split. Multi-junction cells take the electric band. Infrared and waste heat go to molten salt or a particle receiver. That hybrid path uses more of the beam than PV or CSP alone.
Power
Inverters on the electric path. Steam or supercritical CO₂ turbines on the thermal path. One shared power block. Directional nameplate about 2.0–2.5 GW AC.
Storage
Molten salt near 565 °C / 290 °C for dense heat. Hot-rock beds near 600 °C for cheaper bulk storage. Batteries for fast grid response. Together, a multi-day target of about 40–60 GWh electric equivalent.
Outcome
On paper the height, aperture, nameplate, and storage duration sit past Noor, Ivanpah, and current PV-CSP hybrids. Wind, yaw, soiling, and cost at 3 km have no precedent. This is concept sizing, not a plant design.
Against real plants
- Nameplate2–2.5 GW0.4–1 GW
- Height3,000 m≤250 m
- Aperture5–6 million m²~3.7 million m²
- StorageMulti-day hybridTypically 8–15 h
- Annual8–10 TWh goalMulti-TWh, mostly PV
Middle column is Shaft Apex. Right column is current large CSP and PV-CSP plants.