DEWA opens R&D centre at Dubai concentrated solar power plant
The research and development (RD) centre of the Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has been officially opened at the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum solar plant in Dubai. Solar power, smart grid integration, energy efficiency and w...
A delegation from the Egyptian national energy agency visits one of Indertec’s concentrated solar power plants
On Tuesday, February 25, a delegation from the NREA (The Egyptian National Renewable Energy Agency) visited the inPOWER concentrating solar power plant that CSIN (the Indertec company that markets the Thermosolar energy modules) is building...
Using Concentrated Solar Power to convert seawater into drinking water
Desalination plants which convert seawater into drinking water and water for agriculture have been used since the 1950s in the Middle East and tropical regions of the world. While the technology has met urgent needs for clean water supplies...
Using CSP to convert seawater into drinking water
Desalination plants which convert seawater into drinking water and water for agriculture have been used since the 1950s in the Middle East and tropical regions of the world. While the technology has met urgent needs for clean water supplies...
Cerro Dominador, the first concentrated solar power tower plant in Latin America, raises its receiver at 220 meters high
This is one of the last milestones in the construction of the solar thermal project executed by Abengoa and Acciona in the Atacama Desert (Chile) and owned by EIG Global Energy Partners. Weighing 2,300 tons, this highly complex piece will c...
Stellio Heliostat Concentrated Solar Power Project Goes Online in China
One of the worlds first molten salt tower concentrated solar power (CSP) projects that uses a Stellio heliostat was grid-connected at the end of December in Chinas Xinjiang province near the Mongolian border. The 50-MW Hami pilot project de...
China Supcon Delingha 50 MW Concentrated Solar Power plant achieved record high performance in Feb. 2020
The monthly generation of China Supcon Delingha 50 WM Concentrating Solar Power tower plant reached record high at 17.1795 GWh in February 2020 (from Jan 26 to Feb 25), with the generation fulfillment rate of 102.9%. Supcon Delingha 50 MW M...
CSP investors return to Spain as market outlook brightens
New tariff legislation, proven plant performance and a growing need for storage is increasing investor confidence in Spanish CSP ownership, investors told New Energy Update. New CSP legislation has helped stabilize Spains regulatory framewo...
Innovative mirrors key to next generation Concentrated Solar Power system
Great Falls, VA, USA 247Solar Inc., developer of the breakthrough 247Solar Plant, announced that it has signed a supply agreement with Chinese engineering and manufacturing firm CASEN Investment Co. (formerly DK Solar) to provide their heli...
Higher performance secures Aalborg CSP another order for an integrated heat pump system
Aalborg CSP A/S, a Danish renewable energy and storage specialist, received a new order for a turnkey delivery of a customized 2.5 MW integrated electrical heat pump system for rum Varmevrk, a Danish district heating plant in Central Jutlan...
CAPTure prototype started at Plataforma Solar de Almería
By the end of 2019 the testing of the CAPTure prototype started at Plataforma Solar de Almera. In January 2020, part of the air solar receiver unit is successfully running and the next steps will focus on the testing of the other components...
TerraForm closes 100 MW Concentrated Solar Power buy in Spain
US renewable power producer TerraForm Power has acquired two concentrated solar power (CSP) plants totalling roughly 100 MW in Spain from NextEra Energy Spain Holdings BV, a Netherlands-based unit of NextEra Energy Inc. A wholly-owned unit ...
Cerro Dominador concentrated solar power project has culminated another important phase
The pioneering Cerro Dominador solar thermal project has culminated another important phase in its development process with the start of salt fusion works. This concentrating solar power project, in which MMYPEM participates, aims to build ...
Clean Tech Investment Challenge in Commercializing Innovations like HELIOtube
IMAGE@HELIOVIS How the pneumatic solar collector (right) is inflated inside a metal frame HELIOVIShas been running a demo plant in Spain for two years demonstrating their novel low-cost blow-up plastic tube solar collector for CSP. The smal...
Concentrated Solar Power the way forward for is Australia despite hiccups
As the worldlooks to Germany as a shining example of how to shift away from polluting coal power, a Queensland-based nuclear expert says solar thermal power is the way forward for Australia. Paul Wilson, a nuclear engineer with almost five ...