Heliogen Receives $4.1M Federal Grant to Accelerate Development of Concentrated Solar Power Technology
Pasadena-based solar thermal energy company Heliogen Inc. on Oct. 24 announced that it is to receive a $4.1 million award from the U.S. Department of Energys Solar Energy Technologies Officeto accelerate the large-scale development and depl...
The The Redstone Concentrated Solar Plant is located between Tsanstabane and Kgatelopele in the Northern Cape. Construct
An assessment of the cost/benefit of each green heat technology is timely, as countries that were most heavily dependent on Russian gas must rapidly decarbonize heavy industry as gas supplies dwindle from over 40% to under 10% and rise in p...
South Africa’s Redstone Concentrated Solar Power plant should be complete by 2024
The The Redstone Concentrated Solar Plant is located between Tsanstabane and Kgatelopele in the Northern Cape. Construction is currently at 45.5 percent completion. Once complete the solar plant will contribute 100MW to the national grid. C...
Vast Solar wins US backing for concentrated solar power
Australian renewable energy company Vast Solar is part of a US grouping that has received US$2.3 million from the US government to develop its concentrated solar power (CSP) technology. The company is developing modular solar thermal power,...
Solar Heat to Decarbonize Industries gets $13 Million Boost from DOE
Concentrated Solar Thermal to Decarbonize Industries DOE Announces $24 Million Awards; $10.7 Million for Gen-3 CSP and $13.2 to Advance Concentrated Solar-Thermal Technologies for Industrial Decarbonization DOE also Releases Strategic Roadm...
Engie starts 30 MW Concentrated Solar Power plant for Heineken Spain
Engie had started building a 30 MW concentrated solar power (CSP) plant for Heineken in Seville, Spain. The EUR-20-million CSP project will result in a self-consumption scheme that will produce thermal energy for Heinekens beer factory, ena...
Abengoa wins Concentrated Solar Power project of the year award for Noor 1
At Noor 1 Abengoa has been responsible for providing the technology, design, engineering of the HTF system, as well as the construction of the collectors for three parabolic trough plants (200 MW each) in the worlds largest solar complex: t...
Concentrated solar power touted as part of Queensland’s clean energy future
An Australian company says its technology can help solve the problem of around-the-clock clean energy as Queensland gears up to become a renewable energy powerhouse. A concentrated solar thermal plant reflects sunlight into arrays at the to...
Major milestone reached in Dubai concentrated solar power project
The multi-billion dirham development of the worlds tallest solar power tower in Dubai is continuing to gather pace in spite of the Covid-19 pandemic. The striking 262-metre-high construction is one of the crown jewels of the Mohammed bin Ra...
"Solar At Night"resolves renewable storage gap
A new campaign called Solar At Night has been launched to ensure Australias future energy system includes the storage required to produce reliable and renewable energy overnight. Without investment in long-duration storage, Australia risks ...
NWEPDI and DCTC Consortium Sign EPC Contract of Yumen Xin'ao 100MW Fresnel CSP Project
Recently, a consortium of Dunhuang Dacheng Shengneng New Energy Technology Co., Ltd. (a subsidiary of Lanzhou Dacheng Technology, DCTC)and Northwest Electric Power Design Institute Co., Ltd. (NWEPDI) of China Power Engineering Consulting Gr...
Letlhakane Concentrated Solar Power Plant in Botswana
The Letlhakane Concentrated Solar Power Plant is a planned 100 MW concentrated solar power station in Botswana. The owner, developer and operator of this solar power complex will be an independent power producer, whose identity will be reve...
Concentrated solar power research
Concentrated solar thermal (CST) technology concentrates sunlight onto a target to create very high temperatures. This heat can be used directly in industrial processes or to generate electricity by heating water for steam to turn a turbine...
The Business Case for Storing Energy Thermally in Former Coal Plants
Compared to other energy storage technologies, thermal energy storage has a huge advantage. It can be dropped-in to repurpose existing coal power plants by simply replacing the fuel, coal, with thermal energy storage to be charged with exce...
CPECC Signed Strategic Cooperation Agreement with the College of Energy Engineering of Zhejiang University
Recently, Mr Bixiong Luo, chairman of China Power Engineering Consulting Group Co., Ltd. (CPECC)and his delegation visited Zhejiang University. The two parties signed a strategic cooperation agreement and an academician team introduction ag...