$2.5 million Department of Energy grant helps MSU engineering professor study solar energy
An assistant professor in Mississippi States Bagley College of Engineering is part of a nationwide team that was awarded a $2.5 million grant from the US Department of Energys Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy through the Sol...
The demand for electricity in Spain decreases 2.4% in August
37.8% of the monthly generation was of renewable origin: wind energy 15.8%, concentrated solar power 3.5% and photovoltaic 8%.61.2% was produced from technologies that do not emit equivalent CO₂.The demand for electricity decreased in the...
Shanghai Electric Wins Contract for Fifth Phase of Dubai Solar Park
ACWA Power of Saudi Arabia has appointed Shanghai Electric Group as the engineering, construction and procurement (EPC) contractor to deliver the fifth phase project of the Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park in Dubai with capacity of...
Molecule to store solar energy developed
Researchers at Linkping University, Sweden, have developed a molecule that absorbs energy from sunlight and stores it in chemical bonds. A possible long-term use of the molecule is to capture solar energy efficiently and store it for later ...
Sener and Masdar put Torresol's concentrated solar power plants up for sale
The sale and purchase boom in the Spanish renewable energy sector continues. Sener and Masdar have hung the for sale sign in their joint venture, Torresol Energy, which includes three photovoltaic solar plants that add a joint power of 120 ...
Delingha: A Leap for Molten Salt Tower Concentrated Solar Power Technology
The 50-MW Delingha concentrated solar power tower plant located on the high-altitude Tibetan Plateau in China was developed, built, and continues to be refined by a company dedicated to solar tower technology research. China, a country that...
Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) technology is being successfully applied to treat wastewater
Wastewater treatment is an increasingly complex and resource intensive process. Many operators of wastewater processing plants have been looking for ways to lower their OPEX costs while using less resources and reducing the carbon print to ...
Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) and Thermal Energy Storage
The solar radiation from sun is the source of all natural forms of energy on earth. However, most of the incoming solar radiation is reflected back into outer space. The radiation reaching the earths surface has three components namely, vis...
Decision on Kuwait's Shegaya renewable energy park in two weeks
The 4 gigawatts Shegaya Park spread on an area of 58 square kilometres is being developed in three phases. The first 70 MW comprising 50 MW of Concentrated Solar Power, 10 MW PV and 10 MW wind power began commercial operation in December 20...
TSK sells its La Africana concentrated solar power plant to the Q-Energy fund
TSK has agreed to sell its solar power plants in operation in Spain to Q-Energy, Qualitas Equitys renewable asset fund manager. The company chaired by Sabino Garca Vallina has thus transferred a part of its subsidiary Esersa, for which a ye...
Namibia-Botswana project for building both photovoltaic and concentrated solar power plants
The signing of an agreement between Namibia and Botswana to construct a mega solar photovoltaic project is imminent, Namibian Minister for Mines and Energy Tom Alweendo has shared. A full feasibility study will then follow to determine the ...
Chile plans massive hybrid wind-solar-storage plant
Santiago-based power company AES Gener has taken an important step in developing a mammoth hybrid renewable energy project in Chile, after it has submitted the environmental impact statement for its planned 862.5MW wind + solar + storage hy...
Saudi Arabia's wind energy, Concentrated Solar Power and PV could generate up to 750,000 jobs by 2030
The development of Saudi Arabias renewable energy sector could lead to the creation of up to 750,000 jobs over the next decade, as the kingdom aims to derive 7 percent of its total electricity production from wind, photovoltaic and thermoso...
Saudi Arabia's wind energy, Concentrated Solar Power and PV could generate up to 750,000 jobs by 2030
The development of Saudi Arabias renewable energy sector could lead to the creation of up to 750,000 jobs over the next decade, as the kingdom aims to derive 7 percent of its total electricity production from wind, photovoltaic and thermoso...
Shedding some light on innovations in Concentrated Solar Power
The Sun could be the worlds largest source of electricity by 2050, ahead of fossil fuels, wind energy, hydro and nuclear. Specifically, solar thermal electricity from concentrated solar power (CSP) systems could provide over 10 % of the wor...