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...
U.S. unveils global Concentrated Solar Power learnings
The US National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) published June 12 the worlds first global best practice report for Concentrated Solar Power plants. The report sets out recommendations to improve the performance and reliability of Concent...
Why carbon-free Europe will still need North African energy
Goodbye African oil and gas. Hello African wind and sunshine. Europe currently gets a lot of its energy from across the Mediterranean. That might not change in a climate-neutral world. Most of the fossil fuels extracted from under the sands...
Idealab Founder Bill Gross’ Plan To Solve The Mother Of All Quandaries
Bill Gates calls it the 75% Problem . Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from power plants only account for 25% of total, and electrical generation is one source of GHG emissions for which cheap renewable sources are well-suited. If we dont rad...
Morocco’s NOOR Concentrated Solar Power Projects Support Africa’s Energy Transition
Morocco is playing an important role in Africas energy transition with the Noor Ouarzazate solar complex, according to a June 18 report by African Development Bank (AfDB) Group. The complex, southeast of Marrakech, is the largest concentrat...
First in the world, 50MW molten salt Fresnel CSP plant commercially operated
on June 19, 2020 , China Dunhuang Dacheng 50MW molten salt linear Fresnel CSP project held a commissioning ceremony and officially put into commercial operation. As the national CSP demonstration project, the project was first connected to ...
Cerro Dominador concentrated solar power plant will commercialize carbon credits
After successfully completing its registration in the Verified Carbon Standard (VCS) program, the Cerro Dominador solar thermal power plant will be able to market carbon credits at the end of 2020, the estimated date of its launch, to conti...
Which is the Most Efficient Way to Make Solar Fuels from Methane?
Solar fuels like hydrogen have the potential to be next generation energy carriers for a carbon-constrained world. Green hydrogen and other solar fuels could replace fossil fuels used for most transport; replacing heavy fuel oil used by con...
The Concentrated Solar Power project and the new storage system
At the end of February, Eni CEO Claudio Descalzi outlined the companys long-term strategy for the next three decades, which set out how the business will become more sustainable and increase its focus on low carbon energy. The plan, which h...
Concentrating Solar Power Best Practices Report Is First of Its Kind
So, you want to build a concentrated solar power (CSP) plant. Have you developed a technical specification that clearly defines the key project requirements? Does your team have the relevant experience and knowledge to successfully deploy a...
Panda Green to develop 1 GW hybrid PV and concentrated solar power project in China
Panda Green Energy Group plans to develop a 1,000 MW hybrid project in China that combines solar photovoltaic (PV) and solar thermal power generation with energy storage and hydrogen production. The company has entered into a memorandum of ...
Aalborg CSP acquires unique Pit Thermal Energy Storage (PTES) technology
Danish renewable and energy storage specialist, Aalborg CSP acquires all rights and patents for unique Pit Thermal Energy Storage (PTES) technology from Arcon-Sunmark A/S. A Pit Thermal Energy Storage (PTES) is basically a water reservoir u...