US DOE allocates USD 2.2bn to 8 grid improvement projects
The US Department of Energy (DOE) on Tuesday announced USD 2.2 billion (EUR 2bn) of grid investments across eight projects spanning 18 states, which are expected to add almost 13 GW of grid capacity, including 4.8 GW of offshore wind. Trans...
DOE announces CST winners of $33 million for industrial decarbonization
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY ANNOUNCES $33 MILLION TO DEPLOY SOLAR TECHNOLOGIES TO DECARBONIZE AMERICAS INDUSTRIAL SECTOR Nine Projects Across Seven States Will Support Solar-Powered Production of Hydrogen and Lower Emissions from the Aviation...
How to help invent the transition to a decarbonized world
How to help invent the transition to a decarbonized world research work in concentrated solar. Lina Hockaday and colleagues at Stellenbosch University attending the 2017 SolarPACES Conference Work in concentrated solar research is one rewar...
China’s Three Gorges has begun commissioning their dual-tower CSP project
Located in Guazhou County of northwest Chinas Gansu Province, a novel dual tower/ dual solar field concentrated solar power (CSP) plant has started commissioning and testing and is expected to officially generate power by the end of this ye...
IEA SHC: Broadening the range of research topics and the membership base
The IEA Solar Heating and Cooling Programme has strengthened its worldwide presence and broadened its range of research topics. During its Executive Committee meeting in Norway in June 2023 it welcomed Poland as a new member. Poland was amo...
China's cumulative turnover of the carbon market reaches nearly 27b yuan
The cumulative turnover of Chinas carbon market has reached nearly 27 billion yuan ($3.71 billion) by July 15. [Photo/IC] The cumulative turnover of Chinas carbon market has reached nearly 27 billion yuan ($3.71 billion) by July 15, Xinhua ...
Developing new quality productive forces
SONG CHEN/CHINA DAILY The resolution on further deepening reform to advance Chinese modernization, which was adopted at the third plenary session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, reiterated the significance of ...
China's national carbon trading market records big growth
The file photo shows a wind power plant in Zhangjiakou, North Chinas Hebei province. [Photo/Xinhua] Chinas national carbon trading market has witnessed significant growth since it was launched in July 2021, with trading volume and value bot...
Optimal Design of an Absorbent-Enhanced Ammonia Synthesis Process for Solar Thermochemical Energy Storage
Published at ACS Sustainable Chemistry Engineering Optimal Design of an Absorbent-Enhanced Ammonia Synthesis Process for Solar Thermochemical Energy Storage Abstract: Concentrating solar power systems are crucial for capturing solar energy....
Experts show different metal reduces thermal energy storage tank failures
Storage tank failure has long bedeviled the oil and gas industry. But there the liquids are not stored at such high temperatures as for concentrated solar thermal energy, with its daily cycling form hot to hotter Todays commercial Concentra...
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Carbon sequestration in mining waste over the past 50 years can be seen at BPH Groups Australian nickel mine at Mt Keith. The mineral wastes have weathered and become bluer and then whiter, indicating the changed chemical composition as it ...
Difficult market environment for residential solar thermal providers in Germany
Photo: Volkssolaranlage Fewer and fewer solar collectors are being bought in Germany: the negative trend from the previous year continued in the first quarter of 2024. Sales of solar collectors fell from just under 500 MW of capacity in 202...
Innovative trends on the still declining Chinese market
Source: CSTIF umerous innovative trends, the Chinese solar thermal market continues to shrink. In 2023, 15.3 GW of collectors were installed in China, 8 % less than in the previous year. This number also includes a small portion of exported...
Solar Heat Worldwide: two more new world’s largest solar heat plants
Source of infographics: IEA SHC Programme Solar heat is a versatile technology that now provides heating services to 122 million customers worldwide. The just published Solar Heat Worldwide study, edition 2024, contains the latest data on a...
World’s first solar jet fuel plant inaugurated by Synhelion
Worlds first solar jet fuel plant inaugurated by Synhelion Dawn. Today Synhelion inaugurated the worlds first industrial-scale plant to produce synthetic fuels using solar heat in Jlich. By inaugurating DAWN, Synhelion proves that the techn...