Vast plans $600m “baseload” concentrated solar power plant for Mt Isa
Australian solar thermal developer Vast Solar has unveiled plans to take its technology into the mainstream, unveiling a $600 million proposal to build a baseload solar plant in Mt Isa that will combine solar thermal, solar PV, battery stor...
Protermosolar asks the spanish government for specific renewable technology auctions
With this type of auction, the growth of each technology could be guaranteed to comply with the PNIEC and monitor the evolution of the cost of each one. Another option would be to promote auctions by definition of dispatch profiles or exclu...
Coupled optical and thermal performance of a fin-like molten salt receiver for the next-generation solar power tower
Abstract The receiver temperature for the next-generation concentrated solar power will be increased from about 560 C to more than 700 C, which increases heat losses and decreases receiver efficiency. To meet the challenge, coupled optical ...
Kalulushi concentrated solar power plant (CSP) in Zambia
The Zambian subsidiary of the Chinese giant Sinohydro has been chosen to carry out the civil engineering work for the construction of the Kalulushi solar concentrated power plant (SCP) in the copper belt province. The project is being devel...
Sandia’s NSTTF facilitates ground-breaking experiments this summer
Worlds first particle-to-supercritical CO2 heat-exchanger system and on-sun falling particle receiver connected to a supercritical CO2 loop testing to take place. Sandia National Laboratories National Solar Thermal Test Facility (NSTTF) wil...
Gonzalo Martín, general secretary of Protermosolar «I am fully confident that Spain can once again become the world Con.
The new general secretary of Protermosolar is convinced that Concentrated Solar Power is the cornerstone to achieve the complete decarbonisation of the Spanish electricity system, by guaranteeing massive energy storage and providing firm an...
US Department of Energy Funds New Solar Business Innovation
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)announcedthat the Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO) will award $12.3 million to 11 small solar companies from 9 states as part of DOEsSmall Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology ...
High-temperature solar receiver and thermal loop designed by Aalborg CSP for the MOSAIC project ready to be installed
Aalborg CSP has recently completed the design and manufacturing of a high-temperature solar receiver as well as a thermal loop for the EU-funded Horizon 2020 project known as MOSAIC. The aim of the project is to develop a new type of concen...
The importance of Ashalim Concentrated Solar Power plant in Israel
On a large plot of barren desert adjacent to Moshav Ashalim, a remarkable, long-term experiment is unfolding. Three independent consortia, each employing a different kind of solar technology , are learning how to operate their giant power p...
Portugal solar auction could lead to first Concentrated Solar Power plant
Value-based bidding, favorable site conditions and Spanish engineering has carved a fresh opening for Concentrated Solar Power build, market experts told Reuters Events. Portugal launched its delayed second solar auction last month, tenderi...
Industry Shares its Experience to Advance Next Generation Concentrated Solar Power
Engineers generally tend to be solutions-oriented, and engineers in Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) are no different. A history of making things better than they were is why we now have advanced technologies. As Hal Harvey , founder of Ener...
The Concentrated Solar Power industry has become increasingly diverse
The Concentrated Solar Power industry has become increasingly diverse geographically, in terms of the location of commercial plants as well as the origins of developers, investors and contractors involved in project implementation. CSP proj...
Concentrated Solar Power capacity grew 11% in 2019 to 6.2 GW
Global Concentrated Solar Power capacity grew 11% in 2019 to 6.2 GW, with 600 MW of capacity coming online. Although this was well below the average annual increase (24%) of the past decade, Concentrating Solar Power continued to spread to ...
Producing aviation fuels from water, CO2 and the power of the sun
The SUN-to-LIQUID project is developing a technology that produces aviation fuels from water, carbon dioxide (CO2) and the power of the sun. How could this technology be explained to a high school student? Concentrated solar radiation is ab...
Spain’s electricity demand falls 8.5% in June
Wind energy power represented 17.3%, concentrated solar power 3.9% and photovoltaic 9.2%. Spains electricity demand fell 8.5% in June. 43.9% of the monthly generation was from renewable sources and 63.5% were produced from technologies that...