Noor Ouarzazate Solar Complex in Morocco, World’s Largest Concentrated Solar Power Plant
The Noor Ouarzazate Solar Complex is a 580MW solar power project located 10 kilometers north of the Moroccan city of Ouarzazate. Its the worlds biggest concentrated solar power facility. The construction of a 160MW concentrated solar power ...
Saeed Al Tayer emphasises Dubai’s clear strategy and roadmap to reach 100% of energy production capacity from clean ene.
HE Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD CEO of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA), emphasised that Dubai has a clear strategy and roadmap to reach 100% energy production capacity from clean energy sources by 2050. Al Tayer made these remar...
Mongolian Concentrated Solar Power generated round the clock
In a solar energy record for round-the-clock power generation, Mongolias Wulate 100MW trough CSP project ran continuously for 12 days, generating pure solar energy without batteries; due to the thermal energy storage in CSP. In Mongolia at ...
A new process uses concentrated solar power to recycle concrete debris
In a solar energy record for round-the-clock power generation, Mongolias Wulate 100MW trough CSP project ran continuously for 12 days, generating pure solar energy without batteries; due to the thermal energy storage in CSP. ( How Concentra...
2022 Annual Power Generation Exceeding the Design Value -- SUPCON SOLAR Delingha 50MW Molten Salt Tower CSP Plant Sees A
Thetotal annual cumulative actual power generation of theSUPCON SOLAR Delingha 50MW Molten Salt Tower CSP Plant in 2022 was 146.4 GWh, i.e. 100.26% of the designedannual power generation (146GWh), completingyearly target. The plant has been...
Heliocon seeks heliostat cost reduction to $50 per square meter
In an international effort to drive down the cost of heliostats used in tower CSP, three research groups have launched the Heliostat Consortium ( HelioCon ). In this effort, the US Department of Energys (DOEs) National Renewable Energy Labo...
Consortium to demonstrate nitrogen for fertilizer from biosolids using solar thermal
In 2023, a wastewater treatment plant in New Mexico will begin making nitrogen for fertilizer from biosolids, using solar thermal energy. Next year, a consortium led by American Infrastructure Holdings LLC that includes Solar Dynamics and A...
New DOE solar technologies funding for early stage Concentrated Solar Power direct heat
The US DOE announces new 2023 solar technologies funding of $200,000 initially for early stage CSP/CST innovations, and up to $1.1 million on proof of feasibility. On December 12, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) released new funding for...
Innovation in its volumetric absorber takes OVR efficiency to 90%
Screen-printed ceramic absorber structure made by Exentis Group. With innovation in its core component the volumetric absorber the Open Volumetric Receiver (OVR) can reach 90% efficiency and beyond Innovation: In a recent RD project conduct...
MENA synthetic fuels potential at under 2 euros with PV or Concentrated Solar Power
MENA synthetic fuels potential: The North Africa and Middle East region has the potential to manufacture low cost synthetic fuels made with solar PV or CSP for under 2 euros in production. The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region has ...
＂Dispatchable＂renewables in spotlight after upbeat IEA report
The most commonly used sources of dispatchable renewable energy are reservoir-based hydropower facilities, which can be rapidly ramped up or down by grid operators depending on system power needs. This weeks upbeat renewable energy supply o...
Vast Solar Signs Letter of Intent to Purchase 13,500 Sodium-Ion Batteries from Natron Energy in 2023
Leader in concentrated solar power (CSP) aims to integrate sodium-ion batteries to maximize energy storage performance. Vast Solar, an Australian company and leading developer of concentrated solar thermal power (CSP) technology, today anno...
Surface area in the Sahara desert required to power the world with solar energy only – World of Engineering
Surface area of 380 km by 380 km (236 mi by 236 mi) in the Sahara desert required to power the world with solar energy only. Concentrated solar power(CSP, also known asconcentrating solar power,concentrated solar thermal) systems generate s...
World's First Industrial Solar Furnace to Melt Steel Without Fuel or Electricity
Panatre, a watch component manufacturer and steel recycling business based in Saignelgier, has announced that it will soon inaugurate its concentrating industrial solar furnace. A pilot model and a world first that will allow it to melt gre...
The race for solar megaprojects in North Africa that attracts Europeans
Between the deposits of the road that leads to Rjim Maatoug, along the Algerian border and 120 kilometers from Kbili, in the south of Tunisia, only hydrocarbon tankers pass through in an incessant ballet. This area, where identical-looking ...