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...
Shouhang Hi-Tech and NWEPDI consortium won the EPC Bid of 100MW CSP solar tower project of China Three Gorges
The vice chairman member of China Solar Thermal Alliance (CSTA)Shouhang Hi-Tech Energy Technology Co., Ltd. (Shouhang Hi-Tech) announced that Shouhang together with Northwest Electric Power Design Institute Co., Ltd. (NWEPDI)of China Power ...
ESA astronaut documents Negev concentrated solar power tower from space station
European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti on Thursday shared pics taken aboard the International Space Station in which light reflecting off of the Ashalim solar station in Israels Negev can be seen. In a tweet, the Itali...
Concentrated Solar Power Salt Water Desalination Plant
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Project would make jet fuel using concentrated solar power and green hydrogen
A demonstration project in California plans to use concentrated solar power and green hydrogen to produce what its development partners said would be sustainable aviation fuels. The project will take place at concentrated solar power (CSP) ...
Synhelion produces First Solar Syngas in Wood’s Industrial-Scale Reforming Reactor
Synhelion has become the first company in the world to succeed in producing syngas on an industrial scale using only solar heat as an energy source. The Swiss solar fuel pioneer successfully demonstrated this on the multi-focus solar tower ...
Concentrated solar power – one of the main energy storage methods
Theconcentrated solar powerstation (CSP station) was first developed in 2012 and operates in parallel with photovoltaic power generation. Concentrated solar power is very important to make up for the intermittency of solar power generation....
CTGR Awards EPC to Cosin Solar for Qinghai Qingyu DC 100MW CSP Project
On July 25, 2022, Powerchina Northwest Engineering Corporation Ltd.(Powerchina Northwestfo short) received the Notification of Award from China Three Gorges Renewables (Group) Co., Ltd. (CTGR for short). It was confirmed that the consortium...
158GWh! SUPCON SOLAR Delingha 50MW Molten Salt Tower CSP Plant exceeded the designed production
From August 6, 2021 (after the completion of the steam turbine rectification ) to August 5, 2022, the total annual cumulative actual power generation of the SUPCON SOLAR Delingha 50MW Molten Salt Tower CSP Plant was 158GWh, reaching 108% of...
China's first solar heating system with seasonal heat storage project in Zhangjiakou City
The Institute of Electrical Engineering of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Dahua Engineering Group have collaborated to design and build the Huangdicheng solar heating system with seasonal heat storage project, with the support of the K...
POWERCHINA NORTHWEST and Cosin Solar Won the EPC Bid of China Three Gorges Qinghai 100MW CSP project
News from China Solar Thermal Alliance, the 1GW solar PV and CSP hybrid project of Qinghai Qingyu DC transmission project developed by China Three Gorges Renewables (Group) Co., Ltd. (CTGR)confirmed that the consortium of Powerchina Northwe...
Luneng 900MW PV+100MW CSP Hybrid Project Started Construction
News from China Solar Thermal Alliance: Xinjiang Autonomous Region has announced that it will build 13 solar thermal power plant (CSP) with a total capacity of 1.3GWbefore 2024. Recently, some of the projects has held the groundbreakingcere...
On-Sun Test of Novel Solar Combined-Cycle
A new paper ( Experimental Testing of a 300 kWth Open Volumetric Air Receiver (OVAR) Coupled with a Small-Scale Brayton Cycle. Operating Experience and Lessons Learnt ) describes an on-sun test at the Plataforma Solar de Almera ( PSA ) test...
DEWA concentrated solar power plant (UAE): first molten salts injected into the receiver designed and supplied by John C
The DEWA concentrated solar power plant in the Dubai desert reached another major milestone on 14 July 2022: the first salts were injected into the receiver designed and supplied by John Cockerill. Commissioning is continuing in order to re...