Hybrid PV – Concentrated Solar Power has a lower LCOE than gas in Chile
Researchers from the Center for Solar Energy Technologies of Fraunhofer Chile have conducted a comparative analysis which shows that the lowest levelized cost of energy (LCOE ) in Chile can be achieved by a combination of large scale PV and...
Saudi Arabia shines a light on future of concentrated solar power
A Saudi developers plan to harness the sun 24/7 is sparking a renewable energy revolution in the region. ACWA Power is the main developer on the Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum Solar Park. Saudi Arabia is embracing a new, more efficient way ...
DEWA announces winning tender for world's largest solar project
The Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has announced the winning tender for the fourth phase of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park, the largest single-site concentrated solar power project in the world. DEWA awarded the...
March 1 Deadline for Sandia R&D Funding Awards for Concentrated Solar Power Technologies
Sandia National Laboratories is currently seeking applications from industry, academia, research laboratories, government agencies, and individuals to further technologies related to Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) at the National Solar The...
EuroTrough Helped Cut Ramp-Up Time of China’s 100 MW Urat Concentrated Solar Power
The German solar engineering consultancy schlaich bergermann partner (sbp) supplied the EuroTrough solar collector for the 100MW Urat CSP project in Inner Mongolia, the largest commercial parabolic trough project in China. The Urat project ...
bcb signs an important contract with Noor Energy 1 for the world’s largest Concentrated Solar Power plant
bcbis in charge of the supply, commissioning and start up of an innovative system for measuring solar attenuation in the worlds largest CSP plant, located in Mohammed bin Rashid Solar Park in Dubai. The complex is currently under constructi...
MIT Proposes PV to Discharge Energy from 2,400°C Silicon Thermal Storage
Pumping hot molten silicon is the key to gigawatt-scale thermal storage. This is the technological step that we made that preceded this, said Henry. At this scale, you would need to able to pump a very large volume of very hot silicon throu...
Xiaoxin Zhou Elected as new international member to the National Academy of Engineering
Washington D.C., February 09, 2021 The National Academy of Engineering (NAE) has elected 106 new members and 23 international members, announced NAE President John L. Anderson today. This brings the total U.S. membership to 2,355 and the nu...
European Solar Thermal Electricity Association, ESTELA, welcomes the long-awaited auction for renewable energy for the p
As expected, the total volume of 3 GW to be awarded in this first auction in Spain is split into 1 GW of wind power and 2 GW of photovoltaic (PV). As this very first auction is a non-specific tender, neither storage, manageability of delive...
SUPCON SOLAR Delingha 50MW Molten Salt Tower Concentrated Solar Power Plant Passed the Technical Assessment of Fichtner
Recently, Delingha 50MW Molten Salt Tower CSP Plant, constructed by Zhejiang SUPCON SOLAR Technology Co., Ltd. (SUPCON SOLAR), has passed complete technical assessment of Fichtner, a German independent engineering consultancy company. In th...
Azelio Installation at Khalifa University's Masdar Institute Solar Platform to Demonstrate Renewable Energy 24/7
Using a recycled aluminium alloy to store the heat from the days sunshine allows the MISP to produce electricity 24/7 The world is moving continuously towards using sources of energy that are more sustainable than the fossil fuels on which ...
PRESS RELEASE – Solar Heat European Market 2019 Report: Continuous growth for over 4 decades
Brussels, 21 December 2020 The European solar heat market has grown by 2.5% in installed capacity in 2019 and 3.4% on year-on-year sales. The sector has been growing its cumulative capacity continuously for over 4 decades and there are over...
Ranga Pitchumani Appointed New Editor of Solar Energy
After nearly two decades of outstanding leadership ofSolar Energyas Editor-in-Chief, Prof Yogi Goswami (University of South Florida, Tampa, United States) has retired as the Editor-in-Chief for the Journal. Ranga Pitchumani Yogi Goswami The...
Cubico expands Spanish Concentrated Solar Power portfolio to 250MW
Cubico Sustainable Investments has agreed to buy 100 MW of Spanish CSP power capacity and 174 MW of PV capacity from Grupo T-Solar, the company announced in a statement. Cubico will acquire the 50 MW Moron and Olivenza CSP plants, expanding...
Botswana to build 200 MW of Concentrated Solar Power
Botswana plans to build 200 MW of CSP capacity by 2026, according to a new integrated resource plan (IRP) published by the government on December 15. The procurement process will start this year, it said. Botswana is a land-locked sub-Sahar...