New Concentrated Solar Power report offers learnings from Crescent Dunes flop
A new global Concentrated Solar Power report will help developers understand key failings at Crescent Dunes and other early plants and improve investor confidence in future projects, the US National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) told N...
Absolicon gets grant for solar thermal plant in Sweden
The Swedish Energy Agency has made a EUR-800,000 (USD 877,000) grant to Absolicon Solar Collector AB for what the latter says will be Europes largest solar thermal field for district heating with small concentrated parabolic troughs. Absoli...
Concentrated Solar Power in Cyprus
Homeowners and businesses in Cyprus showed growing interest in solar thermal technology over the last two years. Collector area additions on the island increased by 5 % in 2018 and by 24 % in 2019 after a small decline in 2017. The growth i...
Cerro Dominador concentrated solar power plant installs its solar receiver
This is one of the latest milestones in the construction of the solar thermal project being carried out by Acciona and Abengoa in the Atacama desert (Chile) and owned by EIG Global Energy Partners. Weighing 2,300 tons, this highly complex p...
IIT-M researchers develop low cost Solar Parabolic Trough Collector for industrial applications
Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology-Madras (IIT-M) have developed a low cost Solar Parabolic Trough Collector (PTC) system for concentrating solar energy with industrial applications in areas such as desalination, space heatin...
Researchers, industry partner to trial solar thermal energy to enhance comminution
The Coalition for Energy Efficient Comminution (CEEC), a global non-profit funded by mining companies, have partnered with the University of Adelaides Institute for Mineral and Energy Resources (IMER) to trial the use of solar thermal energ...
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...