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...
With an 18% drop in total installed costs (2019-2020), Concentrated Solar Power can help us achieve net-zero by 2050
The world is in a joint effort to achieve a net-zero economy by 2050. The ongoing energy transition has motivated the emergence of new technologies, which promises to cause even more transformation in the renewables market. We already know ...
Height optimization analysis of receiver tower of tower-type Concentrated Solar Power plant
Receiver tower is the main structure in the heat-collecting system of tower-type solar thermal power plant and the tallest structure in solar thermal power plants. The main difficulty in the construction of receiver tower is to control the ...
Storage Advance May Boost Concentrated Solar Power Potential
Engineers at Oregon State University in Corvallis, Ore., have identified a new approach for the storage of concentrated solar thermal energy, to reduce its cost and make it more practical for wider use. In the charging phase, heat from a CS...
Another 400 MW of Chinese Concentrated Solar Power Starts in Xinjiang Province
A groundbreaking ceremony for the Fukang Luneng 1GW Project was held in Fukang City, Xinjiang. Fukang Luneng 1GW Project is the leading project of Fukang City 100 GW PV Industrial Park, with total investment of about 6 billion RMB, consisti...
200 MW Concentrated Solar Power Included – Xinhua Hydropower 3.2 GW Project Filed
On July 4, the Development and Reform Commission of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region issued the list of the second batch of market-based grid-connected new energy projects 2022, including a total of 67 projects. According to the notice, the...
SDIC Ruoqiang 100 MW Concentrated Solar Power + 900 MW PV Project
SDIC Xinjiang New Energy Co. Ltd. issued the bidding announcement on land prequalification and site selection opinion technical services, survey and boundary definition technical services, and access system design technical services etc, fo...
Concentrated Solar Power Plant on Track for 2023 in South Africa
Awarded to ACWA Power and SolarReserve in 2015 under South Africas REIPPP programme bid window 3.5 which was specifically created for CSP projects the Redstone Concentrated Solar Power Project will produce 480,000MW of clean energy annually...
The World's Largest Solar (Thermal) Storage Demo Project Officially Launched in Xinjiang
On July 4, the Development and Reform Commission of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region issued the list of the second batch of market-based grid-connected new energy projects 2022, including a total of 67 projects. Among them, two new energy p...