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 ...
Sahara sun could ensure cleaner future
Harnessing the powerful sunlight over the Sahara Desert could provide renewable energy that reduces carbon emissions and provides fresh economic value to the largely deserted area, analysts said. As global energy demand increases, scientist...
China beam-down Concentrated Solar Power pioneer predicts 30% cost reduction
The developer of the worlds first commercial beam-down Concentrated Solar Power plant predicts a four-fold hike in thermal efficiency for a larger 200 MW plant. As CSP developers seek new ways to cut costs, a new 50 MW beam-down tower plant...
Andalusia has 43% of Spain’s concentrated solar power and solar radiation 13% higher than average
Andalusia is the Spanish region with the greatest and best renewable resource, with 43% of the solar thermal megawatts (MW) installed in Spain; the first autonomous community in solar thermal power, surpassing the million square meters of s...
Logistics Firm Chooses Solar for Steam Washing at Port of Antwerp
The Port of Antwerp has inaugurated the first Concentrated Solar Thermal (CST) in Europe as part of its efforts to make its operations more environmentally friendly. [Actually, there are many such projects in Europe: for example the many ci...
TESS technology for concentrated solar power plants
Technologies developed by researchers at the U.S. Department of Energys (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory and partner organizations have won nine 2019 RD 100 awards. The awards program, sometimes called the Oscars of Innovation, honors revo...
AfDB and BRICs new development bank will jointly provide financing for African projects，Clean energy involved in the pr
The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the New Development Bank have signed an agreement to promote new impact projects to improve the lives of millions of Africans. Under the deal, the New Development Bank a multilateral development bank ...
Sodium-based Vast Solar Combines the Best of Trough & Tower CSP to Win our Innovation Award
At the 2019 SolarPACES Conference, Vast Solar took the SolarPACES Technical Innovation Award for their use of high temperature sodium-based HTF in tower CSP, presented in their paper: Vast Solar: improving performance and reducing cost and ...
EGYPT: SES partners with government on 250 MW concentrated solar project
Smart Engineering Solutions, a company specialising in renewable energy and energy efficiency, is currently working in partnership with the Egyptian government. The objective is to implement a project to build five concentrated solar power ...