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...
Researchers Explore Coating for Tanks Holding Molten Salts
The next-generation of concentrated solar power plants will require high-temperature fluids, such as molten salts in the range of 550 to 750C, to store heat and generate electricity. At those temperatures, however, molten salts eat away at ...
Vast Solar progresses plans for $600 million concentrated solar power plant
Australian renewable energy developer Vast Solar is calling for expressions of interest from contractors as it pushes ahead with plans to develop a $600 million hybrid concentrated solar power project in Queensland. Vast Solar announced on ...
New partnership between Synhelion and Wood accelerates market entry of solar fuels
Swiss solar fuel pioneer Synhelion has entered into a partnership with Wood, a global leader in consulting and engineering across energy and the built environment to rapidly bring solar-based synthetic fuels to market. The two companies are...
Lowering the costs of using solar-powered electricity when it's not sunny
Solar power accounts for about 2% of U.S. electricity, but it could become more widespread if it were cheaper to generate this electricity and make it readily available on cloudy days and at nighttime. To lower those costs, Purdue Universit...
Cerro Dominador Concentrated Solar Power Plant
Cerro Dominador Concentrated Solar Power Plant Cerro Dominador Solar Power Plant(Spanish:Planta Solar Cerro Dominador) is a 210- megawatt (MW) combined concentrated solar power and photovoltaic plant [2] located in the commune of Mara Elena...
Researchers Explore Coating for Tanks Holding Molten Salts
Keeping storage tank corrosion rates to a minimum is considered vital for use of molten salts in storage devices for electricity. Stephen Mraz The next-generation of concentrated solar power plants will require high-temperature fluids, such...
Concentrated Solar Power Technology In India – Barriers In Widespread Expansion
Indias solar target is 100 GW by the year 2020. This, however, does not include CSP, that is, concentrated solar power. Owing to Indias geographical position just northof the equator, India has a huge potential to develop CSP.Sarvesh Devraj...
Concentrated Solar Power Technology In India – Barriers In Widespread Expansion
EnergyNest secures €110m investment from M&G-backed Infracapital
EnergyNest, the global market leader in Thermal Batteries, today announces it has signed an investment agreement with Infracapital, the infrastructure equity investment arm of the FTSE 100 listed MG plc. The agreement comprises a 110 millio...
Dubai bets on a future more 'solar' and low in carbon emissions
With the emergence of renewable technologies, many hope to reverse the impact of climate change, with initiatives such as the Mohammed BinRashid Al Maktoum Solar Park, located in the desert south of Dubai. It is the largest solar park in th...
100-Gigawatt-Hour Crushed-Rock Heat Storage for Concentrated Solar Power and Nuclear
A very large-scale long duration energy storage (LDES) idea from MIT envisages a 1 kilometer-long, 60 meter-wide lidded central storage container of rocks sunk 20 meters down into the ground about the size of 10 football fields if they were...