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Classic typical misleading statistics in this article.

Energy is 1% of Israel's gross capacity plus this is solar so it only provides daytime loads which makes the economics worse.

Google's major investment in solar thermal has already gone bust. This is a small financial disaster. The economics of solar thermal are crap. Mirrors break or stop tracking well a lot in high winds of a dessert.

Any problems with a steam turbine atop a high tower are costly to fix.

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You didn't read the article closely enough.

> this is solar so it only provides daytime loads which makes the economics worse.

No, they have reservoirs that store heat for the night. Providing energy at night is one of the strength of this system.

> Any problems with a steam turbine atop a high tower are costly to fix.

Again no, the steam is channeled towards the foot of the tower, where electricity is produced.

The big advantage of this type of solar over photovoltaics is that they continue producing electricity after the sun sets, so can act as base load stations. Typically, the bigger the tower, the longer it can generate, hence the need for big projects and investments.

Do you think it would be reasonable for a hobbyist to build their own molten salt storage system nick?

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