Solar energy stored in sulphur
A new approach to sector coupling: German Aerospace Center (DLR) conducts research on a new kind of concentrated solar power plan. In the PEGASUS research project, the German Aerospace Centers Institute of Solar Research in Jlich is studyin...
Concentrated Solar Power Goes Where PVs Can't
Global solar energysupplies are growing rapidly, with nearly 10 times as much solar capacity installed today as there was a decade ago. Leading the boom is the photovoltaic (PV) panel, which converts sunlight into electricity using semicond...
Research for more economical concentrated solar power
DLR and the University of Evora are testing the use of molten salt in a solar power plant. Engineers from the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum fuer Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) have taken an important step towards using molten salt a...
Abengoa participates as an expert in Concentrated Solar Power at Expo Dubai 2020
The Deputy Director of Business Development Middle East, Alvaro Solana, represented Abengoa in a session on sustainable energy transition through solar technology. Abengoa, an international company that applies innovative technology solutio...
These 25 Advanced CSP & CST Technologies to Share $33 Million US DOE Funding
The Solar Energy Technologies Office Fiscal Year 2021 Photovoltaics and Concentrating Solar-Thermal Power Funding Program (SETOFY21 PV and CSP) fundsresearch and developmentprojects that advance PV and Concentrated Solar Power tohelp elimin...
The Economics of Running Concentrated Solar Power as a Capacity Resource in the 100% Renewable Future
A new paper to be published in the journal Energy Conversion and Management: X :Using Concentrating-Solar-Power Plants as Economic Carbon-Free Capacity Resources develops an approach to assessing the capacity contribution from CSP plants wi...
Why Likana's 24-Hour Solar Bid under $34/MWh Lost in Chile
At the annual SolarPACES Conference (held virtually for the second year) Cerro Dominadors CEO Fernando Gonzalez answered questions from the international network of concentrated solar power (CSP) researchers and developers attending about e...
Heliogen on breakthrough concentrated solar power technology project
Australias Woodside Petroleum is partnering with Pasadena-based technology player Heliogen to build a commercial-scale demonstration facility in California using the latters breakthrough solar technology. Concentrated solar energy company H...
China's Qinghai begins building 10.9 GW new energy power projects, including 400 MW of CSP
Northwest Chinas Qinghai Province on Friday began the construction of 15 new energy power generation projects, with a combined installed power generating capacity of 10.9 GW, according to local authorities. Photo taken on Dec. 27, 2020 show...
The iconic landscape solar tower project for the Winter Olympics starts construction
A reporter from Beijing Dailylearned from the Office of the Urban Operation and Environmental Protection Group of the Beijing Operation Guarantee Headquarters for the 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics and the Yanqing District Government,...
China will build 200MW CSP plants for 1.4GW Lugu DC Transmission Project in Baicheng City
On Sep. 23, 2021, the Baicheng Municipal Peoples Government of Jilin Province issued the Publicity of the Evaluation Results of the Recommended Enterprises for the 1.4GW Lugu DC Transmission Project. Lugu DC is the first UHV DC channel of t...
Will Concentrated Solar Power be Reborn? Report Says Yes
Concentrated Solar Power (CSP), which has lain moribund for a decade, is about to be reborn, according to a new report from Rethink Technology Research, with global capacity to increase several times over by 2030. The study expects CSP to c...
EGYPT: $2.5bn to build 17 solar-powered desalination plants
The Egyptian Sovereign Wealth Fund (Egypt Fund) will sign new financial partnerships worth $2.5 billion by 2025. The funds will be used to build 17 new seawater desalination plants to supply drinking water to Egyptians. The future plants wi...
Webinar: Key aspects to securing a bankable CSP tower with molten salt storage
28 July at 14:00 CEST / 20:00 Beijing (Check your local time) CSP is a key player in the renewable energy market as it offers 100% solar dispatchable power. Tower projects with molten salt storage have been a key focus of Concentrated Solar...
New Policy of Concentrated Solar Power Technology in China
Based on the document issued last Feb. ( the Ministry of Finance will not allocate the subsidiary to new CSP projects), on June 11, 2021, the National Development and Reform Commission issued the Notice on 2021 New Energy Plants Feed-in Tar...