The 5ᵗʰ Membership Representative Meeting of CSTA democratically elected a new board of directors
On April 26th, 2022, the 5th Membership Representative Meeting of China Solar Thermal Alliance (CSTA) was held through the Wechat webinar. About55 representatives from the CSTAs members attended the meeting. The meeting first approved the l...
Molten-Salt Battery Freezes Energy Over a Whole Season Researchers demonstrate a low-cost, freeze-thaw battery that stor
According to initial tests at the U.S. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, a long-duration grid-scale battery can use energy stored during the spring to cool a house on a hot summer day. SARA LEVINE/PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY ...
US DOE: Submit Abstracts by May 6 for SolarPACES 2022
Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems (SolarPACES) is the premier international conference for concentrating solar-thermal power (CSP) research and development. In 2022 it will be hosted by the United States, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. R...
Vast Solar to build world-leading solar thermal project in South Australia
The Prime Minister and Minister for Industry, Energy and Emissions Reductions announced today thatVast Solar has received Australian Government backing to build a concentratedsolar thermal power (CSP) plant in Port Augusta, South Australia....
Assessment of concentrated solar power generation potential in China based on GIS
Concentrating solar power (CSP) plays an important role in Chinas carbon neutrality path. The geographical, technical, and CO 2 emission reduction potential of CSP in China was evaluated by province. Approximately 1.0210 6 km 2 of land (11%...
Saudi Arabia's first hybrid concentrated solar power plant
To develop Saudi Arabias first hybrid concentrated solar power plant, also known as CSP, the renewable energy team at the energy ministry is expected to issue a request for qualifications for the contract by mid-May, Meed reports. According...
Doosan Škoda commissions turbine for 110 MW Concentrated Solar Power plant in Chile
Doosan koda Power has commissioned a 110MW steam turbine for the concentrated solar power plant (CSP) in the Atacama Desert, Chile. The plant, owned by CSP developer Cerro Dominador, makes use of the excellent sun radiation combined with hi...
NamPower starts feasibility study for Concentrated Solar Power plant
With a tender for a utility-scale concentrated solar power plant likely to be launched this year, Namibias embrace of renewables is gaining momentum. It also offers fresh hope to advocates of CSP technology following past setbacks. With an ...
NREL finds up to six-cent per kilowatt-hour extra value with concentrated solar power
Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) projects would add additional value of 5 or 6 cents per kilowatt hour to utility-scale solar energy in California where 33 percent renewables will be mandated in six years, a new report by the Energy Departme...
Vast Solar says concentrated solar power plants can double up as syncons
Concentrated solar power technology company Vast Solar is looking to provide critical grid services even when it is not generating by using its turbines as synchronous condensers. Vast Solar says the adoption of Doosan koda Power turbines w...
How Particle Concentrated Solar Power can Hoist Tons of Hot Sand
A Sandia study has taken a first glance at costing out conveyance systems for a cutting edge form of Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) tower technology using particles of a sand such as bauxite to transfer heat at up to 1500C. The study is one...
Economic tailwind for large flat plate collector producers globally
Consolidation among the global solar thermal industry continued in 2021. The 20 largest flat plate collector manufacturers listed in the ranking managed to increase production by, on average, 15 % last year. This is significantly higher tha...
CEMEX and Synhelion ace the First “Hot Solar” Cement Trial
By the middle of the 21st century the global energy system will hopefully be very different, with clean energy, clean fuels and clean heat supporting a highly decarbonized future. It will require so many changes in how we have done these th...
Already in 2013 Industrial Solar installed a Fresnel collector string for the solar test facilities of QEERI with the pu
Clean Industry Solutions Holding Europe ABs subsidiary Industrial Solar completed the commissioning of a solar thermally driven Organic Rankine Cycle Turbine in Doha, Qatar. The showcase project is an upgrade for a Fresnel Collector built i...
"100MW Tower Concentrated Solar Power + 600MW PV" Project site leveling works officially started
On March 25, Jinta ZhongGuang Solar100MWTowerCSP+ 600MW PV projectsite leveling worksstarted,whichmarkedthe full-scale construction phaseof the project. The preliminary development and construction of the project is progressing smoothly. In...