Shanghai Electric Makes Significant Progress on the CSP Tower and Parabolic Trough Plant in Mohammed bin Rashid Al Makto
Shanghai Electric (Shanghai Electric or the Company) (601727.SS and 02727.HK) announced that the first molten salt tank hydro test for the Parabolic Trough Plant-II (PT2) of the fourth phase ofMohammed bin Rashid Al MaktoumSolar Park was ca...
CSTA's standard "Molten Salt Corrosion Testing and Assessment Methods for Solar Thermal Power Generation" rele
On May 25, China Solar Thermal Alliance (hereinafter referred to as CSTA) released a standard on Molten salt corrosion testing and assessment methods for solar thermal power generation. This standard specifies the corrosion test and evaluat...
50MW solar tower CSP plant in Haixi, Qinghai Province sets a new record for single-day power generation
Following the completion of the first domestic CSP grid-related test in May this year, on June 4, 2020, the 50MW molten salt solar tower CSP plant in Luneng Haixi Multi-energy Complementary Integration Optimization Demonstration Project cre...
Chile Considers Converting 30 Coal Plants into"Carnot" Batteries
By 2050 Chile plans to be carbon neutral. A crucial part of that goal is the decarbonisation of its energy mix. To do this, all coal-fired power plants will stop operating by 2040. IMAGE@Wikiwand A very simplified schematic of the essential...
RIOGLASS SUN2HEAT SYSTEM ACHIEVES RECORD BREAKING PERFORMANCE
Rioglass, the world leader in the development, production, and marketing of premium receiver tubes and concentrating mirrors for the Solar Thermal Energy market, is proud to announce its process heat system Sun2Heat achieved a Record Breaki...
50MW molten salt Fresnel CSP plant reached the highest single day generation
From 0:00 on May 1 to 24:00 on May 31, Lanzhou Dacheng Dunhuang 50MW Salt Fresnel Reflector Solar Thermal Power Plant has achieved excellent results with a cumulative generation capacity of 8.6335 million kWh for the whole month and a cumul...
Cerro Dominador Concentrated Solar Power plant inks power contract with Santiago municipality
The 110-MW concentrated solar power (CSP) plant Cerro Dominador, located in Chiles Atacama desert, will supply its electricity to a municipal civic centre in Greater Santiago. The Cerro Dominador company announced on Monday it had been awar...
ACWA Power Set to Bid in South Africa's Next Renewable Auction
ACWA Power plans to bid in South Africas next green electricity auction. Interest from the Saudi-based company, which has made South Africas largest renewable energy investment, in the fifth bid window is a positive sign for the nation that...
Aalborg CSP improves bankability of Thermal Storage technology with certificate from Lloyd’s Register for unique lid te.
The worlds cheapest and most scalable energy storage technology has reached an important milestone as solutions for a reliable operation for at least 25 years and other key design requirements has now been certified by an independent third ...
Dubai inaugurates Green Hydrogen Project, first-of-its-kind in MENA
HH Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Chairman of the Dubai Supreme Council of Energy and Chairman of the Expo 2020 Dubai Higher Committee, inaugurated the Green Hydrogen project at the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park in Dubai, ma...
Cubico closes green refinancing of 100 MW of Concentrated Solar Power plants in Spain
Cubico Sustainable Investments (Cubico) has achieved financial close on the refinancing of the Moron and Olivenza concentrated solar power (CSP) projects in Sevilla and Badajoz, Spain. The refinancing of the projects, which were acquired in...
How a DOE Solar Desalination Award Detoured an Oil Industry Startup's Plan
Ten years as a patent attorney with Exxon Mobil initially predisposed Gary Katz to see purification of produced water at oil wells as the market for the off-grid desalination startup he founded and bootstrapped in 2016, aiming to use the in...
The Fastest Route to Commercialize Solar Hydrogen – is through Australian Copper Mines?
The fastest route to commercializing solar hydrogen could be by supplying hydrogen, oxygen and heat for Australias copper mining industry with solar thermochemistry, Christian Sattler told this reporter for SolarPACES recently. With his exp...
Dewa set to commission world's tallest Concentrated Solar Power tower in September
Dubai Electricity and Water Authority is set to commission the worlds tallest concentrated solar power (CSP) tower located within the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park, in September. Standing tall at 262.44 m, the tower has a capaci...
Q-Energy refinances 120 MW Spanish concentrated solar power portfolio for EUR732m
Q-Energy, a global platform investing in renewable energy, has closed a non-recourse debt refinancing of three concentrated solar power plants in Spain, with a total installed capacity of 120 MW, for a total amount of EUR732 million. Locate...