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...
China Concentrating Solar Power Conference 2024 will be held in Jiuquan City next August
On August 8-9, China Concentrating Solar Power Conference 2023 was held successfully in Changsha city, Hunan Province, which was organized by China Solar thermal Alliance (CSTA), Chinese Society of Engineering Thermophysics, Chinese Renewab...
Sunrise CSP Signs MoU with Engineers India to Scale Up Concentrated Solar Thermal
Australias Sunrise CSP (Concentrated Solar Power) and Indias Engineers India Ltd (EIL) forged a collaborative agreement by executing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). The MoU will facilitate an exclusive partnership in Concentrated Solar...
950MW 4th Phase Of The Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park To Provide Clean Energy For 320,000 Residences
Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD CEO of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA), inspected the work progress at the 950MW 4th phase of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park. This phase uses the Independent Power Producer (IPP) model...
Batteries won't cut it—we need solar thermal technology to get us through the night, says researcher
Australias transition to renewables is gathering speed, but theres a looming problem with storage. We will need much more long-duration storage to get us through the night, once coal and fossil gas exit the system. Credit: Solar Reserve, Au...
Heat pump solution from Aalborg CSP will boost the efficiency of solar heating plant and biomass boiler
Danish renewable energy specialist Aalborg CSP has secured yet another order for an integrated heat pump system for the production of district heating. The order is awarded by the Danish utility company Envafors and is a turnkey contract co...
China Concentrating Solar Power Conference 2023 was held in Changsha
On August 8-9, China Concentrating Solar Power Conference 2023 was held successfully in Changsha city, China, which was organized by China Solar thermal Alliance (CSTA), Chinese Society of Engineering Thermophysics, Chinese Renewable Energy...
Concentrated solar power add new power in China
On August 7, Xigaze Finance Bureau issued the Ecological Protection Law of the Peoples Republic of China on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau Ecological Protection Law of the Peoples Republic of China was adopted at the S...
Concentrated solar power industry will usher in large-scale development opportunities
On August 1, Dongguan Securities released the Special Report on Concentrated Solar Power in Power Equipment and New Energy Industry. According to the report,the key equipment of concentrated solar power has been basically localized,and the ...
Concentrated solar power will help China cut costs of climate action, study finds
Solar thermal energy turns out to be the key to China meeting its climate commitments. A new study investigates the best combination of renewables for providing the lowest cost to power system operators in two of Chinas provinces best suite...
Three Gorges Henderson Energy Pulse Guazhou County 700,000 KW“Solar Thermal Energy Storage+”Project Construction Site
Guazhou County,located in the western end of Hexi Corridor in Gansu Province,has an annual precipitation of less than 45 mm and evaporation of up to 3300 mm.The territory is windy and sandy,and the vegetation is sparse.The oasis area once w...
How can Synhelion’s solar receiver achieve such high temperatures?
Synhelions solar receiver achieves a temperature of 1,500C and higher. Thats unprecedented. Even the Gen3 particle-based solar receiver being pilot-scale tested now at Sandia and the DLR CentRec receiver licensed to Heliogen operate at the ...
Gonghe Concentrated Solar Power in Qinghai Province runs a record 19 of 24 hours
803,000 kwh! The single-day power generation of Qinghai Gonghe CSP Power Station hit a new high! On July 21, the optimized operation mode of Qinghai Gonghe Solar Thermal Power Station generated a single day of 803,000 kWh of power generatio...
Concentrated Solar Power technology and its potential contribution to electricity supply in Northern Nigeria
Energy is an essential requirement for socioeconomic development in a country; however, its provision depends on availability of energy sources and the required investment. As Nigeria is experiencing rapid growth in population, adequate ene...