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 ...
Cyprus passes EUR 60.2 million guarantee for concentrated solar power project
Solastor from Australia devised the solution. Alfa Mediterranean is waiting for a loan from the European Investment Bank to start building the concentrated solar power system. It is backed by an EU program. The minority government of Cyprus...
Flow Control in Concentrated Solar Power Generation
Concentrated solar power plants are aggressive environments rife with high temperatures, drastic temperature changes, excessive vibration, extreme characteristics and volatile ambient conditions. Flow management systems, especially piping s...
Why thinking small could help reignite the concentrated solar power sector
Concentrated solar power accounts for only a fraction of the overall green energy market, but recent research suggests smaller-scale designs could help revitalise interest in the sector. We talk to Luis Crespo, president of Protermosolar, S...
Self-aligning heliostats arrive to slice Concentrated Solar Power costs
Soon to hit the market, auto-calibrating heliostat systems will cut capex, accelerate construction times and expand siting potential, suppliers told New Energy Update. As CSP developers drive for lower costs, heliostat performance has becom...
Morocco, Arab Leader in Electricity Generation from Renewable Energy
Morocco aims to have renewable energy constitute 42% of its energy production by the end of 2020. Morocco remains a leader in the Arab world in terms of electricity from renewable energy, a study from the King Abdullah Center for Petroleum ...
Futuristic desert city to get water using concentrated solar power technology developed at Cranfield
Technology researched at Cranfield University that harnesses concentrated solar power to desalinate sea water is being adopted by a new smart city under construction in Saudi Arabia. NEOM a region in northwest Saudi Arabia on the Red Sea be...
High-Flux Solar Furnace
NRELs High-Flux Solar Furnace (HFSF) is a unique 10-kilowatt optical furnace that harnesses concentrated sunlight to test high-temperature processes or applications requiring high heating rates or solar concentration. At the top of NRELs So...