The first meeting of the international working group of IEC standard ‘Technology specification for solar field control .
On March 23, the first meeting of the international working group of the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) standard Technology specification for solar field control system of solar tower power plant (PT62862-4-2) led by China ...
Concentrated Solar Power reinforces position in China's desert
Several recent tenders have reinforced the relevance of concentrated solar power (CSP) as dispatchable green energy in Chinas hybrid wind-solar-storage base projects. The common pattern is a hybrid complex of 1 GW, with 100 MW of CSP presen...
Heliogen lines up Woodside for Australian concentrated-solar-power push
By Sonali Paul MELBOURNE (Reuters) Bill Gates-backed Heliogen has secured funding from top Australian oil and gas producer Woodside Petroleum for a full-scale trial of its concentrated-solar-power (CSP) technology ahead of a planned push in...
China's Concentrated Solar Power at Hami Expected to be 250 MW by 2025
New energy installed capacity, accounting for 70.2% of total installed capacity, will comprise 34 GW, with wind power comprising 27 GW, photovoltaic 6.5 GW, and Concentrated Solar Power 250 MW. According to the news from the Hami Financial ...
Policy supports gains for the Chinese solar thermal industry
The Chinese solar thermal industry has ended its downslide. With 18.9 GWthin 2021, the manufacturers produced the same amount of solar thermal capacity as in the previous year. The Chinese Solar Thermal Industry Status Report 2021 assessed ...
China breaks ground on major Concentrated Solar Power project
China General Nuclear Power Corp began constructing its 2 million kilowatt solar thermal storage integrated project on Wednesday in Delingha, Qinghai province. It is to date the Concentrated Solar Power storage integrated project with the h...
Optimizing Photovoltaic plant returns by adding Concentrated Solar Power
Photovoltaic (PV) solar power is undoubtedly one of the marvels of modern energy generation. Crystalline solar PV panels have become synonymous with clean energy around the world, from the rooftops of Germany to the massive solar farms of t...
CESP switches on pilot Concentrated Solar Power plant in Brazil
Brazilian utility Companhia Energetica de Sao Paulo, better known as CESP, has commenced the operation of a 500-kW concentrated solar power (CSP) plant, the countrys first of its kind. The pilot plant required an investment of BRL 57 millio...
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