The world’s first supercritical carbon dioxide solar thermal power system has been built
The National Key Research and Development Program Research on Key Basic Issues of Supercritical CO₂ Solar Thermal Power Generation project passed the acceptance smoothly On August 13th, the National Key Research and Development Program Re...
China Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) Conference 2024 Concludes, See You in Xi’an Next Year!
Innovation, Cooperation, and Development: China Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) Conference 2024 Concludes, See You in Xian Next Year! The China Concentrating Solar Power Conference (CSPC) 2024 was successfully held in Dunhuang of Gansu Prov...
2024 China Concentrating Solar Power Conference (CSPC) held in Dunhuang
The 18th China Concentrating Solar Power Conference (CSPC) kicked off in the historic city of Dunhuang on September 11, 2024. The event gathered 720 participants, including government officials, industry professionals, and leading experts f...
The 2024 'Alliance Strong Mouth Cup' was successfully held
The oral debate session specially organized for the 2024 China Solar Thermal Power Generation Conference undoubtedly adds a strong academic atmosphere and vitality to the conference. Through in-depth exchanges on two hot topics, namely phot...
Dunhuang Grand Event: 18ᵗʰ CSPTA Opening Ceremony
On September 11, 2024, Dunhuang once again welcomed the 18th CSPTA, a grand event in the field of new energy. In this symphony of technology and green, experts, scholars, and industry elites from all over the country gathered together to ex...
Solterm Italia: New solar thermal association in Italy
Solterm Italia was launched in June 2024. The new Italian solar thermal association aims to raise public awareness of solar thermal energy and push for a stable legal framework and reliable subsidy regulations. Solterm Italy is not expectin...
ASIT Solar promotes the financing mechanism CAE in Spai
For years, EU countries such as Italy and France have been using so-called white certificates as instruments for financing energy efficiency measures and renewable energy projects. Under the name Certificados de Ahorro Energtico (CAE), such...
Technical and efficiency-orientated comparison of solar collectors for district heating
A large number of different collector types are available for planners to integrate into district heating systems. A recent report by the IEA Solar Heating and Cooling Programme titled Solar Collector Technologies for District Heating analy...
Solar-heated cement calcining - aided by the greenhouse gas effect?
Solar-heated cement calcining: This is the key point: not only are we addressing carbon emissions from the heat input, which is traditionally supplied by fossil fuels, were also addressing the CO ₂ naturally liberated from calcining the c...
1000-hour thermal energy storage to get test in California’s abandoned oil wells
1000-hour thermal energy storage in abandoned oil wells has been studied in these regions in California and Texas, and a demo project is now starting in California A demo of 1000-hour thermal energy storage in depleted oil wells is one of t...
HDF Energy plans 800 MW green hydrogen project in Tunisia
Hydrogene de France SA ( EPA:EDF ), or HDF Energy, plans to build an 800-MW electrolysis plant to produce green hydrogen in Tunisia to serve the local market and export to Europe. Denys Prykhodov/Shutterstock.com The French company has sign...
ACWA Power to commission 2.6 GW of Saudi solar projects by end-2024
Saudi Arabias ACWA Power Co ( TADAWUL:2082 ) will commence operations in the second half of 2024 for four domestic solar projects with a combined capacity of 2,620 MW and a total investment of SAR 11.5 billion (USD 3.06bn/EUR 2.81bn). Solar...
US DOE allocates USD 2.2bn to 8 grid improvement projects
The US Department of Energy (DOE) on Tuesday announced USD 2.2 billion (EUR 2bn) of grid investments across eight projects spanning 18 states, which are expected to add almost 13 GW of grid capacity, including 4.8 GW of offshore wind. Trans...
DOE announces CST winners of $33 million for industrial decarbonization
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY ANNOUNCES $33 MILLION TO DEPLOY SOLAR TECHNOLOGIES TO DECARBONIZE AMERICAS INDUSTRIAL SECTOR Nine Projects Across Seven States Will Support Solar-Powered Production of Hydrogen and Lower Emissions from the Aviation...
How to help invent the transition to a decarbonized world
How to help invent the transition to a decarbonized world research work in concentrated solar. Lina Hockaday and colleagues at Stellenbosch University attending the 2017 SolarPACES Conference Work in concentrated solar research is one rewar...