The first Concentrated Solar Power plant in Brazil operates with KLINGER
A new chance for KLINGER Brazil to contribute to a green energy project recently came about in Rosana, So Paulo, where Eudora Energia just completed the nations first heliothermal power plant. Heliothermal energy, also known as concentrated...
Concentrated solar power increases industrial steam market share
A worldwide survey of project developers shows an extremely positive trend for the next few years. 62 plants with 331 MW are being planned half of them in Europe. The Solar Industrial Heat Outlook 2023-2026 presents the results of the surve...
Kuwait’s RFP for 200 MW of CSP has begun
Kuwait is set to advance its long-awaited 4-gigawatt (GW) Shagaya solar power project, with theRequest for Qualification (RFQ)for various phases scheduled for release by the end of this year, according to a senior official. The Shagaya proj...
DEWA 700 MW CSP project caps 200 MW more Trough
Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has commissioned thesecond 200 megawatt (MW)unit of theparabolictrough complex in the 4th phase of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park. The first parabolic trough unit and the Tower CSP...
180.8m solar tower of Aksay Huidong New Energy 110MW CSP Project capped
On September 19, the solar tower of Aksay Huidong new energy CSP + PV hybrid pilot project was constructed to the top, laying the foundation for subsequent plant construction. According to CSTAs previous news, Aksay Huidong New energy CSP +...
Zimbabwe has a concentrated solar power estimated potential of 39,5 GW
Zimbabwe could become a net exporter of power within the SADC region should the country harness the concentrated solar power potential of 39,5 gigawatts (GW), which far exceeds the countrys needs. The region is currently facing a power defi...
Solar-thermal Fuels and Thermal Energy Storage via Concentrated Solar Power
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO) announced the Solar-thermal Fuels and Thermal Energy Storage Via Concentrated Solar-thermal Energy funding opportunity, which willaward $30 millionfor projects to p...
Vast Receives Equity Commitment for up to USD $10 Million From Canberra Airport Group
Vast Solar Pty Ltd (Vast), a world-leader in concentrated solar thermal power (CSP) energy systems, today announced that it has entered into a subscription agreement with Canberra Airport Group (Canberra Airport) to purchase up to USD $10 m...
10,000 Sets of Heliostats Installed in Jinta Zhongguang 100MW Solar Tower CSP Project
On Sept. 8th, Jinta Zhongguang Solarcompany finished the installation of the 10,000 sets of heliostats of 100MW CSP project. The huge heliostat field of 3.62 square kilometers has taken shape in the Gobi. JintaZhongguangintegrated solar pil...
Solar tower construction of 110MW CSP project in Akesai completed
According to Xinhua News, on September 19th, the integrated solar project of Aksai Huidong New Energy achieved a major milestone, the 180.8-meter high solar tower construction of 110MW solar tower CSP Project was successfully completed. Sol...
Cosin Solar won solar collection system contract of CGN Delingha 200MW CSP Project
On September 7, 2023, Cosin Solar Technology Co., Ltd. (Cosin Solar for short) received the Notice of Acceptance from China Nuclear Power Engineering Co., LTD.(CGN for short ), confirming that Cosin Solar successfully won the bid for the pr...
International Training Course on Solar Thermal Power Technology for countries along the Belt and Road was held by CAS
2023 marks the 10th anniversary of the Belt and Road Initiative, which is an economic framework designed to connect economies in East Asia and Europe. To respond to the initiative, on Sept. 4, a International Training Course on Solar Therma...
Tapping the Sun for renewable hydrogen
As Europe turns increasingly to clean sources of energy, EU researchers are on a quest to make hydrogen from solar rays and heat. ByTOM CASSAUWERS In July 2023, when southern Europe endured an unprecedented heatwave with temperatures soarin...
Assessment of a numbering-up approach for a 100 MWe third generation sodium-salt Concentrated Solar Power system
This work presents the design and techno-economic analysis of a 100 MWe concentrated solar power (CSP) system using a supercritical CO2 power block with 700 C input temperature. Aiming to leverage the relatively higher efficiency of small h...
Building Green: New Technologies to Create Less Polluting Cement
Rising demand for housing in most major cities around the world is increasingly at odds with efforts to reduce greenhouse emissions, as the literal building blocksconcrete and cementof the construction projects are extremely polluting. Roug...