How China's Cosin Solar Solved Some Tower CSP Challenges
Supcon Delingha 50 MW tower CSP heliostat field during construction IMAGE@Cosin Solar Known then as Supcon Solar, Cosin Solar developed two tower projects in Chinas pilot CSP (Concentrated Solar Power) program; as technology and core equipm...
Qinghai Province will newly add 1GW CSP plants by 2025
Recently, the Qinghai Provincial Peoples Government issued the 14th Five-Year Plan (to 2025) for Energy Development of Qinghai Province. In terms of concentrated solar power (CSP), the plan specifies that by 2025, Qinghais CSP installed cap...
How Did Cosin Concentrated Solar Power Tower Reach Projected Performance So Fast?
Cosin Solar (previously Supcon Solar) seemed to burst on the global Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) scene as a fully fledged Chinese CSP firm. Among Chinas pilot projects, the Supcon Delingha 50 MW tower CSP with 7 hours of storage in Qingha...
Concentrated Solar Power being used for enhanced oil recovery
The Hathaway oil company is up to something using concentrated solar power for enhanced oil recovery. Natural gas has traditionally been the energy source to increase oil production. But in this case, solar power is used to generate steam, ...
Including 10GW CSP projects, Gansu Akse plans to build"pure clean energy base"
On February 18, the Peoples Government of Akse County, Jiuquan City, Gansu Provinceissued a public announcement to seek public opinion on environmental impact evaluation of 10GW-scale renewable energy base planning of Akse County. The Akse ...
Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region's"14th Five-Year Plan" strives to add 500MW of CSP projects
On March 3, the Energy Bureau of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region officially issued the 14th Five-Year Plan for Renewable Energy Development of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, which mentioned concentrating solar power (CSP) in many places...
GLOBALink | Exploring"super mirror" power plant in China's Gobi desert
Powerful mirrors. With 12,000 mirrors set up in the Gobi desert in NW. China, a 100MW power plant is transforming sunlight into electricity. Produced by Xinhua Global Service
SUPCON SOLAR Delingha 50MW CSP Plant Achieved A Power Generation Rate of Over 100% During The Last Six Months
The total power generation of SUPCON SOLAR Delingha 50MW CSP Tower Plant was 12.773GWh in February 2022, with achieving rate of 98.53%. Since September 2021, the total power generation during the last six months reached 92.456 GWh, with an ...
SUPCON SOLAR Delingha 50MW CSP Plant Achieved A Power Generation Rate of Over 100% During The Last Six Months
The total power generation of SUPCON SOLAR Delingha 50MW CSP Tower Plant was 12.773GWh in February 2022, with achieving rate of 98.53%. Since September 2021, the total power generation during the last six months reached 92.456 GWh, with an ...
U.S Solar Funding Notice For Small Innovative Solar PV & CSP Projects
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO) announced the Small Innovative Projects (SIPS) in Solar 2022: Concentrating Solar-Thermal Power and Photovoltaics funding program, which will award up to $5 million...
Handan"Solar thermal +" Project Strives to Achieve Trial Operation before October 1, 2022
On February 15, Mr. Xu Kehua, Deputy Mayor of Handan Municipal City and the followers visited the construction site of the solar thermal + comprehensive development demonstration project to supervise the resumption of work after the Spring ...
China Solar Thermal Alliance received a letter of thanks from the New Energy and Renewable Energy Department of the Nati
Recently, the China Solar Thermal Alliance(CSTA) received a letter of thanks from the New Energy and Renewable Energy Department of the National Energy Administration(NEA). This is another affirmation of the work of the CSTA in 2021 by the ...
How resistant is the Concentrated Solar Power plant to wind, dust, sand, extreme temperature, and water shortage?
CSP needs high solar irradiation, which is often found in the desert areas, where the land is rarely used for other purposes. To evaluate how CSP technology could withstand different weather conditions there is no better place than Northwes...
A new concentrated solar power system could cut energy costs to 5 cents per kWh
Concentrated solar power (CPS) has the potential to lower the cost of renewable energy and provide highly available dispatchable energy at any time of the day. TheNational Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and the Department of Energy (DoE...
SUPCON SOLAR Delingha 50MW CSP Plant Operated Stably in the New Year
During the Beijing Winter Olympics and Chinese Spring Festival, Beijing showed its unique charm to the world with city decoration, including 3 iconic landscapes, 10 themed flower installations and 280,000 lanterns. Among them, the three ico...