Vast Solar and 1414 team up for new attempt at Port Augusta solar storage hub
Australian concentrated solar company Vast Solar has teamed up with another local thermal storage hopeful 1414 Degrees in the latest attempt to build a large scale solar thermal and storage plan in Port August, South Australia. The Sydney-b...
SGS and TES Tanks Suppliers Confirmed for 110MW Huidong New Energy Concentrated Solar Power Project
Shanghai Boiler Co., Ltd, a subsidiary of Shanghai Electric, the leading equipment manufacturer and EPC contractor of power industry in China, won the bid of Steam Generation System for Huidong New Energy CSP Projectin China on May 12. And ...
Blue Book of China's CSP Industry 2021 Published
The Blue Book on Chinas CSP Industry 2021 lays out current detail on the performance of the current Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) projects in China, and the scale-up plan as China increases its overall renewable energy percentage on the g...
Three Gorges Seeks EPC Bids for 200 MW of Concentrated Solar Power Under 5 cents/kWh
China Three Gorges New Energy has issued the bidding announcement on the EPC of two 100MW CSP projects, both are located in Qinghai province, northwest of China. According to the announcement (in Chinese), both projects are planned to start...
China's 14ᵗʰ Renewable Energy Five-Year Plan: Promoting CSP costs significantly declined
Chinas 14th Renewable Energy Five-Year Plan:Promoting CSP costs significantly declined On June 1, China National Development and Reform Commission issued the 14th Five-Year Plan on Renewable Energy Development. The plan looks forward to the...
With 10GW CSP planning, the multi-energy complementary plan of Aksay RE base passed the environmental impact assessment
On May 26, East China Electric Power Design Institute Co., Ltd.of China Power Engineering Consulting Group received the review opinion of the Environmental Impact Assessment Report on the Multi-Energy Complementary Planning of Aksay Renewab...
Large-aperature parabolic trough solar collectors developed by NWEPDI will be applied in Dunhuang city
On May 30, the consortium of Northwest Electric Power Design Institute Co., Ltd. (NWEPDI) of China Power Engineering Consulting Group, Northwest Construction Investment Co., Ltd ofChina Energy EngineeringCorporation Limited (CEEC)and Energy...
China's Curtailments go up as Renewables Growth Explodes
Since the beginning of this year, under the overall situation of promoting dual carbon work and making efforts to stabilize growth, my countrys new energy has experienced explosive growth. However, a reporter from the Economic Information D...
China Solar Thermal Electricity Conference 2022 will be held in Jiuquan City
The 16 th China Solar Thermal Electricity Conference organized by China Solar Thermal Alliance (CSTA) is planned to be held in Jiuquan City, Gansu Province in mid-August 2022. China Solar Thermal Electricity Conference was renamed from theS...
Ma'aden plans 1.5 GW concentrated solar power plant to decarbonise alumina refinery
GlassPoint Solar will build a 1.5-GW solar steam facility in Saudi Arabia to power an alumina refinery of state-owned mining company Maaden, thus cutting the refinerys carbon footprint by 50%. The two companies have signed a memorandum of u...
Daily generation exceeds 2.12 GWh! Shouhang Hi-Tech Dunhuang 100MW CSP plant created a new high
On May 21, 2022, Shouhang Hi-Tech Dunhuang 100MW solar tower plant generated 2.12 GWh at the DNI of 9.46 kWh/㎡, created a new high. It is the first 100MW concentrated solar power (CSP) plant put into operation in Chinas first batch of CSP...
Engie to build Concentrated Solar Power plant for Heineken Spain
Engie Espana has signed an agreement with Heineken to build a concentrated solar power (CSP) plant at the Heineken brewery in Seville. Engie Espana will work on the project under the build-own-operate-transfer (BOOT) contract, taking on des...
EU Solar Energy Strategy should balance out heat and power
The European Commission plans to launch its EU Solar Energy Strategy in June 2022. According to the official announcement this strategy will take the form of a Commission communication, aiming to ensure that solar energy both for power gene...
Jinta ZhongGuang Solar “100MW CSP + 600MW PV” Project Main Works Officially Started
On April29, excavation of the receiving tower foundation ofJinta ZhongGuang Solar100MW CSP+ 600MW PV project commenced, which marked the official start of the main works of the project. The center elevation of the thermal receiver of the pr...
Huaneng Renewables and Royal Tech Consortium started the construction of Bayan Nur CSP Equipment Industrial Park
On April 29, the Bayan Nur CSP Equipment Industrial Park in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region held the groundbreaking ceremony. The representatives from Huaneng Renewables and Royal Tech consortium attended the ceremony. Image: Ground breaki...