DEWA signs PPA for 900 MW 5th phase of Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park
The Dubai Electricity and Water Authority, DEWA, signed a 25-year Power Purchase Agreement, PPA, for the 5th phase of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park with a capacity of 900 megawatts, MW, supporting the DEWAs efforts to achiev...
CSNP to build 1GW Concentrated Solar Power +Storage Project in Northwest China
On March 27th, 2020, China Shipbuilding New Power Co., Ltd (shorted as CSNP) signed the Agreement to invest and develop its1 GW concentrating solar power (CSP) and storage projectwith Chayouzhongqi government. CSNP, a Chinese state-owned en...
Concentrating photovoltaic retrofit for existing parabolic trough solar collectors: Design, experiments, and levelized c
Highlights Developed photovoltaic retrofit for concentrating solar thermal power plants. Concentration ratio on receiver of 74 during experiment (93 with model). Average efficiency of 21.3% based on measured flux to photovoltaic modules. LC...
Morocco Pioneers PV with Thermal Storage at 800 MW Midelt Cocentrated Solar Power Project
Moroccos 800 MW solar hybrid project at Midelt will be the first solar project in the world to include thermal (heat) storage of PV (Photovoltaic) as well as CSP (Concentrated Solar Power). Midelts first-of-a-kind hybrid solar and shared st...
ChumillasTechnology, in the largest Concentrated Solar Power plant in Latin America
Once again, ChumillasTechnology has participated in the melting process of of salts from the Atacama Desert at Cerro Dominador solar thermal plant based in Chile. Together with its Herlogas partner , the salt-melting ratios have been increa...
SUPCON Solar to restart a 135MW tower concentrated solar power plant under China CSP demonstration program
Zhejiang Supcon Solar Technology Co., Ltd. (shorted as Supcon Solar), a leading CSP project developer and EPC contractor in China told CSP Focus that the Huanghe Hydropower Development 135MW Molten Salt Tower Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) ...
How Much Land Would Concentrated Solar Power Need to make All Our Aviation Fuel?
The latest figures for aviation fuel use per year show that the world used 300 megatons of jet fuel annually in 2019, manufacturing them from fossil fuels. But a carbon-constrained future requires us to envision a world that can produce tha...
Cerro Dominador finished smelting 46,000 tons of molten salts for solar thermal project
As reported by the company developing the project, the salts produced by the SQM mining company have the capacity to conserve the energy captured during the day by the plant and maintain it in a tank storage system. The development of the C...
How Much Land Would Solar Thermochemistry Need to make All Our Aviation Fuel?
Researchers investigate the geographic regions with the best solar resource and the most competitive financingto supply carbon free aviation fuelIMAGE@USAF The latest figures for aviation fuel use per year show that the world used 300 megat...
A letter to overseas employees
Dear Shanghai Electric employees, The global spread of COVID-19 has posed a great challenge to public health security around the world, and has had a huge impact on production, demand, and supply. The number of confirmed cases in Europe and...
Experimental Study on Hybrid Organic Phase Change Materials Used for Solar Energy Storage
Abstract The solar energy utilization in built environment has been limited due to its low heat flux, uneven distribution in time and space and temporal difference in day and night. The phase change materials have been used to collect the f...
Dubai Concentrated Solar Power builders resist COVID-19 to resume major installs
Noor Energy 1 partners are mitigating logistics, cost and labor shortage challenges to keep the worlds largest Concentrated Solar Power project on schedule. On March 27, Shanghai Electric hoisted into place a 200-ton thermal oil overflow ta...
Coronavirus cuts Spanish power demand, Concentrated Solar Power share
Spanish power demand in March fell by 4.6% on a year ago to 20.9 TWh, as tightening coronavirus restrictions wiped out much of the countrys industrial demand, grid operator Red Electrica said in a statement. Adjusted for seasonal difference...
90MW CSP-PV hybrid solar power plant will be built in Thailand
On April 10th, CHINA GEZHOUBA GROUP INTERNATIONAL ENGINEERING CO.,LTD (CGGC INTERNATIONAL) and CPL signed an EPC contract agreement for the 90MW CSP-PV hybrid power plant project in Bangkok, Thailand. The contract value was US $ 500 million...
Experimental Study on Melting Process in an Industrial Level Molten Salt Tank
Abstract Thermal energy storage (TES) is an important part of concentrating solar power (CSP) plants. The primary advantage of TES in CSP plants is the ability to dispatch electrical output to match peak demand periods and reduce the leveli...