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...
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...
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...
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-...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
TuNur Night-time Solar Exports to EU for 10 cents – Q&A
NurEnergie just applied for the permit to build and export desert solar power to Europe from a gigantic 4.5 GW concentrated solar power (CSP) project with thermal energy storage at an expected price of 10 cents/kWh. NurEnergies TuNur projec...
DLR inaugurates its Test Facility for Thermal Energy Storage in Molten Salt for Concentrated Solar Power
Opened on 15 September 2017, the Test Facility for Thermal Energy Storage in Molten Salt (TESIS) is used to test molten salt storage systems and individual components in a globally unique form. One hundred tons of molten salt circulate thro...
Joint Venture of Shouhang and CNLNPC investing 15 billion to develop CSP projects in China
September 13th, announcement released by Beijing Shouhang IHW Resources Saving Technology Co., Ltd. that the company just signed Cooperation Framework Agreement on Jointly Developing CSP Business with CNNP Liaoning Nuclear Power Co., Ltd. (...
ACWA Power and Shanghai Electric won the 700MW CSP project in Dubai with LCOE of USD 7.3 cents/kWh
Its reported that a consortium comprising Saudi Arabias ACWA Power and Chinas Shanghai Electric was awarded the 700MW Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) project of AED14.2 billion from Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA), which is the ...
Oversea suppliers win over reopened EPC bid of LuNeng 50MW CSP tower
September 11th, bid opens again for EPC of the 50MW CSP tower plant in LuNeng hybrid demonstration project which is scheduled to install in Haixi, 2017. The project is planned to optimize hybrid power with molten salt thermal storage. July ...