17 2021-05

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 ...

14 2021-05

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 ...

14 2021-05

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...

05 2021-05

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...

05 2021-05

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...

26 2021-04

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...

23 2021-04

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...

23 2021-04

Concentrated Solar Power Technology In India – Barriers In Widespread Expansion

23 2021-04

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...

16 2021-04

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...

16 2021-04

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...

13 2021-04

7MW solar heat plants will be a commodity in Europe in 5 to 10 years

Viessmann, a major German provider of climate solutions for living spaces, strengthened its project development team last year, hiringChristian Stadlerand four of his ex-colleagues in June 2020, after their former employer, Danish-based Arc...

13 2021-04

Chile's Cerro Dominador Concentrated Solar Power plant synced with the grid

The 110-MW Cerro Dominador concentrated solar power (CSP) plant in Chile has been successfully synchronised with the Chilean SEN grid system. The solar thermal plant will inject electricity into the grid in stages over the coming months. Sy...

13 2021-04

Mixed performance of world's largest flat plate producers in COVID year 2020

Source: solrico / data supplied by manufacturers in February/March 2021 Last years outbreak of Covid-19 around the globe reduced sales of most of the largest flat plate collector manufacturers not based in China. Only a small number of non-...

09 2021-04

Stanwell joins $600m solar thermal plan for Mount Isa

Australias Queensland government-owned energy generator Stanwell will provide financial support to Vast Solars 50 megawatt hybrid solar thermal project to be developed in Mount Isa, Queensland at a cost of $600 million. Stanwell will provid...