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...
Dubai Electricity and Water Authority chooses Masdar for 1,800 MW solar park
Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has announced its selection of Masdar, a state-owned renewable energy firm, to construct and manage the sixth phase of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park. The project is estimated to c...
The ‘Molten Salt Energy Storage Technology’ Developed the List of Advanced (Future) Technological Innovation Achieve...
Recently, theDepartment of Economy and Information Technology of Zhejiang Province announced the List of Advanced (future) Technological Innovation Achievements in Zhejiang Provincein 2023(the List), and theMolten Salt Energy Storage (MSES)...
Australia’s First Commercial Scale Concentrated Solar Power Plant Makes Progress
Plans to build Australias first commercial scale concentrated solar power plant in Port Augusta have taken a step forward with a new partnership. Vast has partnered with global design and manufacturing firm Contratos y Diseos Industriales (...
The cost-competitiveness of concentrated solar power with thermal energy storage in power systems with high solar penetr
In this paper, we show that concentrated solar power (CSP) with thermal storage is an economically attractive technology to achieve high solar penetration levels. To this end, we utilize an alternative framework of net levelized cost of ele...
Assessment of concentrated solar power plants for site and technology selection in Egypt
The objective of this research is to investigate the implementation of two concentrated solar power (CSP) technologies in the 28 devoted locations in Egypt, in order to select the optimum site-specific CSP technology. This may be achieved b...
Vast, a world-leader in concentrated solar power, announces partnership with CYD to model molten salt tank performance a
Vast and CYD develop innovative Avatar Model to simulate and optimise molten salt tank operation in first utility-scale project deploying Vasts world-leading clean energy technology. Vast Solar Pty Ltd (Vast or the Company), a world-leader ...
What CSIRO says about Concentrated Solar Power for Australia
The region requires a lot of reliable and affordable energy storage, from batteries and other sources, not just because it must push hard to hit its climate goals but also because it has a growing population and economy. Storage will be par...