High-Efficiency Concentrated Solar Power (HECSP) Technologies and Applications
The global energy landscape is undergoing a massive transformation, driven by the urgent need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and mitigate the impacts of climate change. Renewable energy sources, such as solar power, are playing an incre...
Solar fuels are made using thermochemistry driven by direct heat from the sun
Solar thermochemistry is a process in which solar thermal energy drives chemical reactions to produce new compounds. Highly concentrated solar heat is reflected off thousands of mirrors in a solar field surrounding a tower receiver to heat ...
Concentrated Solar Power with Integrated Thermal Storage(2)
Concentrated solar power (CSP) has long been touted as a promising renewable energy source, with the potential to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions and our reliance on fossil fuels. One of the key advantages of CSP over other re...
Integrated Solar Thermal Hybrid Power Plants: CSP and PV
Integrated Solar Thermal Hybrid Power Plants are emerging as a promising solution to address the growing global demand for clean and sustainable energy. These innovative power plants combine the strengths of both solar thermal and photovolt...
Concentrated Solar Power with Thermal Energy Storage(1)
Concentrated solar power (CSP) with thermal energy storage is an innovative and promising technology that has the potential to revolutionize the renewable energy sector. This technology harnesses the suns energy by using mirrors or lenses t...
Exploring the Potential of Thermal Energy Storage for a Sustainable Future
As the world continues to grapple with the challenges of climate change and the urgent need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the search for sustainable and efficient energy storage solutions has become a top priority. One promising techn...
Rocks: The Unexpected Powerhouse of Sustainable Solar Energy Storage
The future of sustainable energy storage might be found in commonplace materials such as rocks, specifically soapstone and granite, in combination with solar power, according to a study published in ACS Omega. The next generation of sustain...
Heliogen gets first Concentrated Solar Power hydrogen customer: City of Lancaster, CA
Collaboration to decarbonize Americas First Hydrogen City through Heliogens patented breakthrough CST technology. Heliogen, Inc.(Heliogen) (NYSE: HLGN), a leading provider of AI-enabled concentrating solar energy, today announced the execut...
Concentrated Solar Power with Thermal Energy Storage
Concentrated solar power (CSP) with thermal energy storage is an innovative and promising technology that has the potential to revolutionize the renewable energy sector. This technology harnesses the suns energy by using mirrors or lenses t...
Harnessing Concentrated Solar Power for Industrial Heat Applications
Concentrated solar power (CSP) has been gaining significant attention in recent years as a viable alternative to conventional fossil fuel-based energy generation. This technology, which uses mirrors or lenses to concentrate sunlight onto a ...
Solar Stirling Engines: Concentrated Power for a Green Future
Solar Stirling engines, a lesser-known but highly efficient solar technology, are gaining attention as a potential solution for a green future. These engines, which use concentrated sunlight to generate power, offer a promising alternative ...
Concentrated solar power firm Heliogen signs green hydrogen supply deal with city of Lancaster
Concentrated solar power firm Heliogen said it signed a contract with the city of Lancaster, California, to produce green hydrogen for the citys growing green hydrogen fuel needs. The deal represents Lancasters first hydrogen offtake agreem...
Harnessing the Sun: Concentrated Solar Power Systems
As the world continues to grapple with the effects of climate change and the urgent need to transition to cleaner, more sustainable energy sources, concentrated solar power (CSP) systems have emerged as a promising solution. Unlike traditio...
Australia’s first concentrated solar power plant edges closer to reality
Plans to build a concentrated solar power project in South Australia have edged closer to a final investment decision by the end of the year, with developer Vast Solar signing up Worley as an engineering partner on the first-of-its-kind pro...
DOE announces 7 awards to cut heliostat costs
The U.S. Department of Energys (DOEs) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and Sandia National Laboratories, co-leads of the Heliostat Consortium, announced seven awardees from a request for proposals (RFP) aimed at achieving DOEs go...