Researchers process wet waste with solar heat onsite in a mobile tanker truck
A team of solar researchers in Greece is contributing to the development of a technology to produce bio-crude from mixed wet waste processed onsite in a mobile solar-heated reaction chamber. They have innovated the use of concentrated solar...
Sam Altman invests in developer of modular solar power and heat unit
US start-up Exowatt has raised USD 20 million (EUR 18.8m) in seed funding to deliver its self-contained solar thermal and power product to first data centre customers and expand its team. A rendering of Exowatt P3 modules. Image source: Bus...
China-Germany Equipment Manufacturing Industrial Park in Shenyang major projects commenced
On April 17, Transportation and Renewable EnergyIntegration Zero-Carbon Industrial Park of China-Germany Equipment Manufacturing Industrial Park in Shenyang and Shenyang Vycon Magnetic Levitation Application Industrial Base Project in Tiexi...
Energy China's Hami 50MW CSP tower plant reached a new high power generation
Image: Energy Chinas Hami 50MW CSP tower plant According to DongFang Boiler (Group) Co., Ltd. (referred to as Dongfang Boiler), a company member of China Solar Thermal Alliance (CSTA), the 50MW Molten Salt Solar Tower CSP Plant of China Ene...
La sevillana Bluesolar pone en práctica su patente de planta fotovoltaica y termosolar
CTA y CDTI cofinancian en Puertollano la aplicacin esta tecnologa que aspira a ser la gran solucin en eficiencia y rentabilidad para el sector energtico Bluesolar, la patente andaluza que une fotovoltaica y termosolar en una misma planta Re...
The Netherlands and Spain drive SHIP market 2023
The world market for solar process heat (SHIP) continues to pick up speed. In 2023, the newly installed capacity tripled compared to the two previous years. The project developers reported 116 systems with a capacity of 94 MW. A year earlie...
Morocco's Noor 3 CSP plant undergoes forced downtime until Nov
The 150-MW Noor III concentrated solar power (CSP) plant in Morocco is expected to be offline until November 2024 following a leakage in the hot molten salt tank, majority owner ACWA Power Co ( TADAWUL:2082 ) said this week. Below the mirro...
Efficiency boost and time saver for heavy industries
Eco-Tech Ceram from France is about to commission its third commercial high temperature storage tank solution at Wienerberger, a brick and tile producer south of Paris. There, two Eco-Stock units with 2.3 MWh each save waste heat from the o...
Sand Batteries provide heat to district heating networks in Finland
Polar Night Energy is the only manufacturer with a solid-particle storage system among the companies of the survey with a commercial project. The company from Finland promotes its storage system under the brand name Sand Battery, as the ves...
Heat storage market is getting hotter
Among the high-temperature storage solution providers that have reached an advanced stage in terms of commercialization are also Brenmiller from Israel and Rondo Energy from the USA. Brenmiller,
Energy systems capacity planning under high renewable penetration considering concentrating solar power
Abstract: With the rapid development of renewable generation and the promotion of Clean Heating, the uncertainty of renewables as well as rising energy demand has posed significant problems to the energy systems economical and flexible oper...
Power China has begun construction of the world’s only 200MW Tower CSP
In something of an experiment, Power China Northwest is building their new Tower CSP in western Haixi at 200 MW twice the normal 100 MW. Here; Power Chinas first project; Gonghe 50 MW tower CSP in Qinghai Province. Tower CSP is typically bu...
International Training of Renewable Energy
01Background In order to deepen the cooperation between China and other developing countries in the field of sustainable development and jointly improve the development level of renewable energy technologies in developing countries, Interna...
Feasibility study: Economic and technical analysis of optimal configuration and operation of a hybrid CSP/PV/wind power
Abstract: In this study, a hybrid photovoltaic-wind-concentrated solar power renewable energy system and two cogeneration models are proposed. Evaluation criteria are employed, including the levelized cost of energy (LCOE) and the loss of p...
Incorporation of CaZrO₃ into calcium-based heat carriers for efficient solar thermochemical energy storage
Abstract Calcium-based materials (CaCO₃/CaO) have shown significant potential for use in thermochemical energy storage systems for concentrated solar power generation due to their low-cost, high-energy storage efficiency, and operational ...