Protermosolar appreciates the processing of the Law on Climate Change and Energy Transition
The new law will allow decisive progress towards the decarbonisation of the economy, facilitating an optimal combination of all renewable technologies, such as concentrated solar power, wind energy and PV. The Spanish Association for the Pr...
NWEPDI signed engineering contract for Shouhang Yumen 100 MW Molten Salt Tower Concentrated Solar Power Project
Northwest Electric Power Design Institute Co., Ltd (NWEPDI) signed contract with Shouhangto be the engineer for Shouhang Yumen 100 MW Molten Salt Tower Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) Project. NWEPDI will be responsible for thesurvey and de...
Concentrated Solar Power Glasspoint falls into liquidation as COVID-19 takes toll
GlassPoint Solar, a venture capital startup that focuses on the use of solar energy for steam generation in heavy oil production, has gone into liquidation after taking a hit by the COVID-19 crisis. The proceedings were announced by Omans S...
A Review: On the Use of Nanofluids in Solar Energy Application
Abstract Renewable energy technologies are in the centre of interest to narrow the gap between fossil fuels and clean energy systems. The dominant role of solar energy systems among the alternatives is beyond question owing to being associa...
Chile could build Concentrated Solar Power at $76/MWh
CSP plants could be built at a levelized cost of energy (LCOE) of $76/MWh near the city of Copiapo in northern Chile, according to a report by researchers at Santiagos Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria and the Fraunhofer Chile Resear...
Dubai’s Concentrated Solar Power plant build continues progress amidst COVID-19
While COVID-19 has impacted millions of organisations around the world, the worlds largest CSP build has maintained progress amidst challenging times. The 700 MW concentrating solar power (CSP) plant Known as project Noor Energy 1 is, the l...
Heliogen Bags Award for its Concentrated Solar Technology
Heliogen has announced its selection by Fast Company as a recipient of a 2020 World Changing Ideas Award, recognized for its concentrated solar technology heliogen_cst.jpg Heliogen has announced its selection by Fast Company as a recipient ...
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...