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...
US Concentrated Solar Power valve leap boosts prospects for hotter plants
The new flow control valves will improve heat distribution and minimise risks at critical joints, allowing higher CSP temperatures and greater energy conversion efficiency, research group Sandia National Laboratories told Reuters Events. Ne...
Why Do Solar Farms Kill Birds? Call in the AI Bird Watcher
Solar facilities kill tens of thousands of birds every year, and no one is quite sure why. An artificial-intelligence-powered birder is on the case. PHOTOGRAPH: EDWIN REMSBERG/GETTY IMAGES AMERICAS SOLAR FARMShave a bird problem. Utility co...
Low-cost liquid metal coating for concentrated solar power (CSP) polymeric mirrors
A University ofHawaiʻiat Mānoa startup is shining in a national competition designed to energize U.S. solar manufacturing. HawaiʻiInnovation Lab is among 20 teams representing 12 states that have been selected to advance into the semifin...
HelioHeat Commercializes DLR's 1000°C Solar Receiver CentRec®
At the 2020 SolarPACES Conference in October , Wei Wu introduced her startup HelioHeat that will be first to commercialize the CentRec very high temperature particle receiver developed at the German solar research lab at DLR , able to attai...
Carl Sberg Aims To Clean Water From Solar
Carlsberg Group is deploying a novel solar technology to power a sustainable clean water initiative in Indias West Bengal. The innovative partnership will see a water-stressed town of 4,000 people provided with clean drinking water. Novel r...
DNV GL advises T-Solar Global Operating Assets to enable 1.4GW solar energy sale in Spain and Italy
DNV GL, the worlds largest resource of independent energy experts and certification body, carried out a vendor due diligence for T-Solar Global Operating Assets that was key for the company sale transaction. The review of the companys opera...
Should Australia invest in Concentrated Solar Power rather than gas power?
Recently NSW announced that a gas power plant would be classed as critical infrastructure to speed up the planning process. This follows the Morrison governments policy that gas power is needed to transition away from coal to renewables, bu...
Long-duration Thermal Energy Storage Startup Azelio Wins First Commercial Order
Swedish startup Azelio will see its long-duration Thermal Energy Storage (TES) technology used at the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Complex (MBR) in Dubai, UAE. Recycled aluminium alloy is used as a phase change material to store hea...
ACWA Power achieves first refinancing transaction in South Africa renewables sector
The ACWA Power Solafrica Bokpoort Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) plant, one of the major drivers of renewable energy in South Africa, has achieved another significant first, having announced the largest infrastructure refinancing initiative...
Botswana Launches PV and Concentrated Solar Power Generation Plan
Government has developed a plan for reliable, safe and affordable electricity supply in Botswana. Launching the Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) on December 15, Minister of Mineral Resources, Green Technology and Energy Security Mr Lefoko Moa...
Cubico to acquire Grupo T-Solar
Cubico has agreed to acquire a 274MW solar platform with operational assets in Spain and Italy from I Squared Capital. The Grupo TSolar platform comprises 47 operational assets that spans 167 MW of solar photovoltaic capacity and 100 MW of ...
Absolicon, Ariya Fingery plan solar thermal field with Iberafrica Power in Nairobi
Ariya Finergy has signed a framework agreement with Absolicon to acquire and operate a robotised production line that manufactures Absolicons concentrating solar collector T160. The solar collectors have a 76% optical efficiency and produce...