Vast Solar: A Concentrated Solar Power Breakthrough for Utilities of the Future
IEA forecasts deployment of up to 430GW of new Concentrated Solar Power capacity globally by 2050 for on-grid applications alone. Vast Solar going public via a merger with Nabors Energy Transition Corp. (NYSE: NETC). NETC is the only SPAC f...
Combining concentrated solar power with thermal storage to avoid wasting energy
In sunny locations, solar power can sometimes produce too much electricity for the grid. Australian company RayGen hopes to solve this problem by combining its hi-tech solar systems with thermal storage, asRichard Stevensonreports. Hybrid h...
100MW Concentrated Solar Power Tower operating in 700MW DEWA project in Dubai
ACWA Power has announced the commercial operation of the worlds tallest concentrated solar power tower at its Noor Energy 1 project in Dubai. View of power block at the base of the Tower portion of the 950 MW DEWA project IMAGE@ACWA Power T...
Redstone Concentrated Solar Power Project in South Africa to start operations in 2024
Construction is currently in progress at the Redstone Concentrated Solar Power Project, which is situated in the Humansrus Solar Park, in the Northern Cape, between Tsanstabane and Kgatelopele. 100 megawatts (MW) of electricity will be adde...
Two Chinese pilot Concentrated Solar Power projects report monthly generating records
619MWh Daily Generation Power ChinaGonghe 50MW TowerCSP Project Recently, the news came from Power China Gonghe 50MW Molten Salt Tower CSP Project, after the single-day power generation reached 572,000 kWh on March 9, 2023, the single-day p...
U.S. funding announced for innovative concentrated solar power projects
The Small Innovative Projects in Solar (SIPS) 2023 funding opportunity will award $6.5 million for seedling RD projects that focus on innovative and novel ideas in photovoltaics (PV) and concentrated solar power (CSP). Announced by the U.S....
Oman weighs Concentrated Solar Power project at Duqm
A first-of-its-kind Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) project is envisioned for development near Duqm in Al Wusta Governorate as part of Omans pivot away from gas-powered electricity generation to renewables-based sources. The initiative, subj...
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...