05 2017-12

CHINA-CANADA JOINT STATEMENT ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND CLEAN GROWTH

CHINA-CANADA JOINT STATEMENT ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND CLEAN GROWTH Beijing, China, 4 December 2017 1. China and Canada affirm that action on climate change, including decisive steps towards low-carbon, climate-resilient and sustainable develop...

27 2017-10

China United Engineering Corporation is preparing to declare the second batch of Chinese CSP demonstration projects

Recently, the review meeting for feasibility study report of Yumen Huahai 100MW Tower CSP project developed by China United Engineering Corporation(China United for short) has been held successfully. This project is located in Huahai Town, ...

25 2017-10

Academician He Yaling was elected alternate member of the new Central Committee

Academician He Yaling was elected alternate member of the new Central Committee, CSP is one of her research field. On October 24th, the list of alternate members of the nineteenth Central Committee of the Communist Party of China was publis...

25 2017-10

Ghana to Tap its Abundant Solar Thermal Energy Potential

ECOWAS Center for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (ECREE ), has began processes to help Ghana exploit the abundant solar thermal energy potential for domestic and industrial use. Ghanas geographic location around the equatorial sun-b...

25 2017-10

New Chance for US CSP? California Outlaws Gas-Fired Peaker Plants

California has put its utilities on notice: When youre putting together your next integrated resource plans, youd better have non-gas generating options for meeting peak demand. Thats what Governor Jerry Brown mandated to utilities when he ...

23 2017-10

CSIC Urad 100MW Parabolic Trough Project Releases Bidding for Turbine-Generator Unit

On October 16th, China Shipping Industry Corporation (CSIC) has officially released an open tender of turbine-generator unit for Urad 100MW parabolic trough project. It is stated in the bidding announcement that the date for bid opening wil...

19 2017-10

Sandia scientists find the optimal way to mop up surplus solar flux on CSP towers

Excess solar flux could be harnessed and used to generate additional electricity at a tower CSP plant, by cladding part of the tower containing the receiver with photovoltaic (PV) panels, according to Sandia scientist Cliff Ho. He found tha...

13 2017-10

Status quo of the 20 pilot CSP Projects in China

It is well known that China government had approved 20 demonstration CSP projects with FiT at RMB 1.15/kWh, and the total capacity 1.349 GW, which made China another engine for global CSP development. According to the 13th Five Year Plannin...

13 2017-10

China pilot CSP project--Hami 50MW Tower CSP plant

Listed on China 1st batch of 20 pilot CSP projects, CPECC Hami 50MW molten salt tower CSP plant has been started construction earlier this September, and expected to be completed by the first half of 2019. The project is developed by state-...

13 2017-10

Queensland tender draws energy storage for concentrated solar power (CSP)

Queenslands tender for 400MW of large-scale renewables and 100MW of energy storage has received 115 proposals from 79 different entities spanning a wide range of technologies, according to the states energy minister Mark Bailey. Proposals i...

12 2017-10

Device could help store energy from concentrated solar power (CSP)

A ceramic-based mechanical pump able to operate at record temperatures of more than 1,400 degrees Celsius (1,673 Kelvin) can transfer high temperature liquids such as molten tin, enabling a new generation of energy conversion and storage sy...

11 2017-10

CGN’s Delingha 50MW parabolic trough project issues tender notice for commissioning and O&M technical service

The tender notice for the integral unit commissioning and technical services for operation and maintenance of China Guangdong Nuclear Solar (CGN) Delingha 50MW CSP project has been released recently. According to the notice, the tender docu...

10 2017-10

New Solar Collector Design Aims to Bring CSP Costs to Record Lows

DOE-backed startup Skysun aims to do away with fiddly motors and support structures Just when it looked like concentrated solar power (CSP) couldnt get cheaper, a U.S.-based startup says its found a way of cutting heliostat costs by a third...

10 2017-10

Abengoa in Positive Financial Shape After Restructuring

September 29 (Renewables Now) Abengoa SA (BME:ABG) moved to positive EBITDA of EUR 16 million (USD 18.9m) in the first half of 2017, compared to negative EUR 59 million a year earlier, attributing the improvement to efforts to cut overhead ...

22 2017-09

Northwest Electric Power Design Institute eyes 7 GW Concentrated Solar Power in Xinjiang

Chinese engineering group Northwest Electric Power Design Institute (NWEPDI) is proposing to build a giant 7.4 GW CSP park in Akesai County, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in north-west China, the CSP Plaza news service reported Septembe...