Chile Concentrated Solar Power developer predicts world’s lowest price in June
The Cerro Dominador group is working with strong construction partners on its Likana Concentrated Solar Power project to cut costs and beat gas plant prices, buoyed by progress at its first plant in Chile, Fernando Gonzalez, CEO of Cerro Do...
The solar thermal could fall to 45 euros/MWh in 2020 for some Concentrated Solar Power projects
Solar thermal or Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) is not just one more renewable. Its great asset is that it allows availability and dispatchability (ability to generate electricity depending on the need of the network) thanks to its thermal ...
Storage for advanced concentrated solar power (CSP) plants
Ellen B. Stechel, a professor of practice in the School of Molecular Sciences and co director of ASU LightWorks, received $3.3 million for a project to develop long term storage for advanced concentrating solar-thermal power (CSP) plants. Y...
Can concentrated solar power act as energy storage? DOE wants to know more
The Department of Energy has issued a formal request for information on methods to allow concentrated solar power (CSP) to commercially deploy as cost-competitive energy storage by generating electricity through turbines running on supercri...
Cement production with Concentrated Solar Power
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates entered the world of cement this week with a public relations blitz for Heliogen. Hes one of the backers of a new Californian technology startup looking to use concentrated solar power (CSP) to power heavy in...
TerraForm Power to buy 100 MW of Spanish CSP
US renewable power producer TerraForm Power Inc (NASDAQ:TERP) has agreed to acquire two concentrated solar power (CSP) plants in Spain with a combined capacity of about 100 MW. A wholly-owned unit of TerraForm Power will pay a total equity ...
What Are Concentrated Solar Power Plants?
Solar thermal can be split into two different types; solar thermal energy systems (heating/hot water) and concentrated solar power plants (electricity production). This article looks at what concentrated solar power (CSP) actually is. If yo...
Fire at Cerro Dominador CSP project site is brought under control
Image of the construction of the solarthermal plant of Cerro Dominador. Source: Abengoa (www.abengoa.com) A fire that broke out Tuesday evening local time at the construction site of the 110-MW Cerro Dominador concentrated solar power (CSP)...
Why Smaller Might Be Better for Concentrated Solar Power
Changes to designs and operating models could help bring CSP back into the conversation. Despite its big potential, concentrated solar power remains one of the most expensive mainstream options for generating renewable power. Rather than tr...
Chinese consortium of CGGC and Supcon Solar signed the EPC contract of 50MW Minos CSP project in Greece
On Nov. 11, 2019, under the joint witness of Chinese President Xi Jinping and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) signed a financing cooperation agreement for the Greek Minos 50MW concent...
Abengoa reaches a new milestone in its first solar thermal project in China
* The synchronization of the turbine of the Luneng Haixi 50 MW solar thermal power plant, located in the Qinghai province, was carried out. * Abengoa was responsible for providing the technology and the development of the engineering. This ...
US Lists $30 Million in 2019 Concentrated Solar Power Research Awards
Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced selections for $128 million in new projects to advance solar technologies. Through the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energys Solar Energy Technologies Office, DOE will fund 75...
Lanzhou Dacheng Dunhuang 50MW CSP Project achieves initial energization
At 21:17 on November 5, 2019, Lanzhou Dacheng 50MW molten salt Fresnel CSP project successfully achieved initial energization, reaching a critical milestone in the construction progress. Lanzhou Dacheng 50MW molten salt Fresnel CSP project ...
110MW Cerro Dominador Tower CSP project in Chile starts hoisting of receiver
The Cerro Dominador project, which Abengoa constructs in consortium with ACCIONA, is in progress. The hoisting of the receiver, which is already being carried out, is one of the key milestones in the construction of the plant. The Cerro Dom...
Noor Ouarzazate energy complex among top ten most influential renewable energy projects, according to PMI
ACCIONA took part in the design and construction of the Noor I CSP plant (160 MW) that is part of this complex in the province of Ouarzazate, Morocco The Noor Ouarzazate energy complex, which includes the Noor I CSP plant that was designed ...