Paving the way for beer production by harnessing solar energy, in partnership with Absolicon
In the framework of its ESG strategy with the key message Together Towards Zero and Beyond and aiming at the zeroing of its environmental footprint, Olympic Brewery completes the infrastructure for the implementation of the pilot project fo...
Hybrid power project combines concentrated solar power with CCGT
Saudi Electricity Companys (SEC) Green Duba Integrated Solar Combined Cycle (ISCC) Power Plant, located in Duba in Tabuk province, is expected to be completed by the third quarter of 2023. The Operation and Maintenance (OM) assessment work ...
Batteries won’t cut it – we need concentrated solar power technology to get us through the night
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. We also need to find new...
Codelco renews clean energy contract with Canada’s Innergex
Chiles state-owned Codelco, the worlds largest copper producer, said on Monday it had renewed a clean energy contract with Canadas Innergex Renewable Energy for its Gabriela Mistral division in Chiles northern desert region. Pampa Elvira is...
Vast Solar’s fix for tank leaks that stymied the first Tower Concentrated Solar Power
A thermal storage tank failure ended Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) development in the US. At the worlds first utility-scale Tower CSP project with storage, the molten salt thermal energy storage tank sprang a leak. SolarReserves Crescent D...
Renewable energy storage must expand massively and diversify if Australia is to achieve net zero by 2050
Renewable energy storage must undergo massive growth if Australia is to achieve net zero by 2050. A new report from the CSIRO and supported by ARENA funding, says between 10 to 14 times more storage could be needed in the coming decades to ...
Fraunhofer ISE develops new concept for concentrated solar power tower power plants
To increase the efficiency of concentrated solar power power plants, researchers have found a solution to avoid heat loss. They also use a more compact design and a new heat transfer medium. Fraunhofer ISE On the test stand, the researchers...
SEPCO3 and BAOWU signed the EPC contract of Tibet Zabuye Integrated Energy Supply Project
SEPCO3 and Baowu Clean Energy Co., Ltd. signed an EPC contract for the Tibet Zabuyeyuan Integrated Energy Supply Project in Shanghai. Qian Feng, Chairman of Baowu Qingneng Company; Wang Li, Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of t...
Join us at “Thermal Technologies For The Energy Transition”, a Official Side Event of the Berlin Energy Transition Di...
The heat sector is often referred to as the elephant in the room. However a broad range of technologies is already available on the market to tackle this problem. Thermal technologies likeconcentrated solar powerand thermal energy storage a...
Shams Concentrated Solar Power: Ten years of renewable energy, reducing emissions
The Shams Concentrated Solar Power planr in the Al Dhafra Region will enter a new decade after a series of successes, underscoring the UAEs leadership in renewable environmentally-friendly energy, and coinciding with the Year of Sustainabil...
Sustainable Energy & Fuels
For solar thermal systems to make solar fuels or provide industrial heat at temperatures at 1500C, various designs for high-temperature solar receivers are being innovated to capture and convert concentrated solar heat directed from a solar...
Electricity Market Design proposal: A good step in the right direction
ESTELA and all of ASPIRE members welcome the European Commissions proposal on the Electricity Market Design and its focus on creating favourable market conditions to boost investment in our essential technologies which provide stable and pr...
Concentrated Solar Power (CSP)
Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) Defined Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) is a rapidly growing form of solar energy that harnesses the power of the sun to generate thermal energy and electricity. It uses mirrors to concentrate and focus sunli...
DOE seeks stakeholder R&D advice to advance solar fuels
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO) has issued a request for information (RFI) on the technology needs and cost targets for renewable fuels produced using solar-thermal energy and thermal energy stora...
Successful PROMES-CNRS thermocline test of latent/sensible heat storage
Most industries currently burn fossil fuels for heat. But to supply heat directly from sunlight, research attention is turning to solar thermal energy storage (TES) so that heat can be delivered as consistently as combusting a fossil fuel u...