11 2022-07

China Announces Another 1.3 GW of CSP with 12,000 MWh of Thermal Storage

At 19:18 on July 5, 2022,SUPCON SOLAR Delingha 50MW Molten Salt Tower CSP Plant has generated 755.2MWh of electricity generation in a single day.For 11 months since the completion of the rectification of the steam turbine on August 5,2021,t...

08 2022-07

Continuously operated 262 hours! Shouhang Dunhuang 100MW CSP tower plant announced monthly generation data of June

From June 1st to June 30th, 2022, the power generated by Shouhang Hi-Tech Dunhuang 100MW solar tower plant exceeded 33790MWh, a year-on-year increase of 91.2%. The plant achieved 262 hours of continuous operation for a single time. During t...

08 2022-07

SUPCON SOLAR Delingha 50MW CSP plant:The 11-month power generation exceeds the designed annual power generation

In January this year, three of Chinas provinces; Gansu, Qinghai and Jilin, already announced a combined total of 1.1 GW of Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) projects for completion by 2024. These are already hiring EPC s and breaking ground . ...

07 2022-07

HERLOGAS Ends SUCCESSFULLY the WORLD'S LARGEST Salt Melting In DUBAI, DEWA CSP - Noor Energy 1 Project in Set 3-4 of PT1

In this project HERLOGAS collaborates with Shanghai Electric with the melting process of 560,000 tons of salt and the preheating of the 26 storage tanks, to date HERLOGAS has successfully melted 115,000 tons of salt successfully and preheat...

07 2022-07

1.35GW! Xinjiang Autonomous Region announced 13 new CSP projects

On July 4, the Development and Reform Commission of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region announced the Second Batch of Market -based New Energy Projects in 2022, with 49 grid-connection promotion projects and 18 integration project of power sup...

06 2022-07

Webinar: What is behind China’s CSP Records and Growth?

What is the current status of Chinas CSP projects? Here Fengli Du of China Solar Thermal Alliance reveals the data on Chinas CSP projects to date and underway in this webinar, hosted by SolarPACES Secretariat Christoph Richter, and now avai...

05 2022-07

Aalborg CSP wins order in Germany with TVP Solar high yield flat vacuum collector

While the German district heating market is undergoing a rapid transition to renewable energy, Aalborg CSP has secured their first German energy project order. A 4.7 MW solar heating plant will be established in Sondershausen and will apply...

29 2022-06

Guazhou 700 MW Concentrated Solar Power+PV+Wind Orderly construction

Three Gorges Hengji Nengmai Guazhou 700MW CSP+PV+Wind Project was part of the 1.3GW CSP projects released last year in China. The project feasibility study was reviewed and approved in Feb 2022. The project developer issued the tender of EP...

23 2022-06

Bill Gates-funded startup Rondo turns Solar or Wind into Heat

Thermal energy storage is one of the cheapest storage options for the 100% renewable grid of the future. The costly part has been converting the heat back into electricity to return to the grid. So why not just sell the heat itself? The Bre...

23 2022-06

Paper Shows How Dispatchable CSP Can Solve the EU Gas Crisis

For the last decade, the EU has prioritized coal phase-out to meet its climate goals, given coals greater carbon emissions, while natural gas has kept a temporary job as a bridge necessary to firm intermittent renewables with its dispatchab...

22 2022-06

The Tower Foundation Pouring of Jinta ZhongGuang Solar “100MW CSP + 600MW PV” Project Initiated

On June 17,the receivingtower of Jinta ZhongGuang Solar 100MW CSP + 600MW PV project startedfoundation concrete pouring. the launch ceremony of tower foundation pouring the tower foundation pouring construction Next, the project constructio...

22 2022-06

Construction Started – 100MW Concentrated Solar Power of Jinta Zhongguang Solar Energy

Jinta Zhongguang Solar Energy 100MW CSP project started the concrete grouting for the receiver tower foundation, which was a grand milestone for the construction of the project. The 100MW CSP project was enrolled as the first round of pilot...

20 2022-06

What is concentrated solar power, in which Spain is a leader

There is a type of solar energy in which Spain is the world leader in terms of installed capacity in operation: it is solar energy. Concentrated solar poweror CSP (Concentrated Solar Power). As stated by Idealista, CSP produces electricity ...

20 2022-06

Australia large-scale hybrid Concentrated Solar Power-battery-PV project revived

A novel project in development in Australia combining concentrating solar power (CSP), molten silicon thermal storage, solar PV and a grid-scale battery system appears to be revived by a new joint venture (JV). Called Aurora, the project in...

17 2022-06

GlassPoint bring back concentrated solar power

GlassPoint is back from liquidation with big plans to decarbonize heavy industry using solar-powered steam and funding from BlackRock to make it happen. GlassPoint , asolar steam startup that was liquidated in2020, is back with new funding,...