R&D will include focus on reliability, resilience, and storage
WASHINGTON, D.C. - In conjunction with the annual Solar Power International conference, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) released new research today that shows the solar industry has achieved the 2020 utility-scale solar cost target set ...
SunShot 2020 Goal Achieved ahead of Schedule
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) released that the Obama-era Sun Shot programs 2020 price-reduction goals for solar energy have been met ahead of schedule, shrinking the cost from 28 cents per kilowatt hour in 2010 to 6 cents. Given this...
Concentrated Solar Power Market Size to Reach $8.9B by 2025
According to a new report by Grand View Research, the global concentrated solar power market is predicted to reach $8.92 billion by 2025. Increasing awareness about renewable energy, along with government regulations to control growing carb...
A low-cost method for solar-thermal conversion that’s simpler and greener
Researchers led by Yuan Yang, assistant professor of materials science and engineering at Columbia Engineering, along with colleagues at the Department of Chemistry at Columbia University and at Stanford University, have developed a new, sc...
CSP scientists target 2,000°C thermal storage by 2019
European researchers expect their new compact silicon-based high-temperature storage system to cut CSP tower installation costs and lower maintenance costs by eliminating heat transfer fluids. Thermal energy storage (TES) has become a key a...
Solar plants now power the whole Northern Cape
With yet another renewable energy (RE) project completed on time and on budget, one has to wonder why the Departments of Energy (DoE) and Public Enterprises (DPE) tolerate Eskoms continued refusal to sign additional power producer agreement...
Benban hosts Egypt’s largest solar power project
Egypt has invested millions to modernise and expand its power capacity and networks. The country has recently been focusing on the expansion of renewable energy projects to meet increasing power demand, diversify the national energy resourc...
Aalborg CSP wins another order for a concentrated solar power heating plant in Denmark
Aalborg CSP, Danish renewable energy specialist and a well-known player in district heating circles landed a new order to deliver an 8MWth solar-thermal plant, which when completed will provide sustainable heating for 2,583 customers in the...
SUPCON can offer heliostate with RMB 700yuan/㎡
Recently Luneng Haixi 50MW CSP molten salt Tower hybrid project in China called for tenders of EPC, and received 8 biddings from 8 Chinese companies. The lowest price was offered by Zhejiang SUPCON Solar Technology Co., Ltd. (shorted as SUP...
The 3rd China Solar Thermal Electricity Conference successfully concluded
On August 10, the Third Session of China Solar Thermal Electricity Conference successfully concluded in Dunhuang, Gansu, lasting for three days. The conference is jointly sponsored by China National Solar Thermal Alliance, China Renewable E...
Abengoa achieves practical completion for its third concentrated solar power plant in South Africa–Xina Solar One
Abengoa has achieved practical completion for Xina Solar One, its third solar thermal plant in South Africa. Xina Solar One is a 100 MW plant that uses parabolic trough technology to generate renewable and sustainable and dispatchable power...
Official start of field-leveling of Rayspower Yumen Dongzhen 50MW Parabolic trough CSP Demonstration Project
Recently, the early field-leveling of Rayspower Yumen Dongzhen 50MW Parabolic trough CSP Demonstration Project has been officially started. The construction plan of this project is to level off the site and to set up eight steps along the n...
SolarReserve Wins Aurora CSP Project In South Australia
SolarReserve LLC has won a contract to build in South Australia a 150-MW concentrating solar power (CSP) plant with 1,100 MWh of molten salt energy storage capacity to serve the State Governments needs. Construction will start next year, wi...
Shall Solar Thermal Generation Help Desalination Technology Become Strong Enough to Unleash a Boom?
In Morocco, a big new solar-powered plant for turning seawater into drinking water is being built. Is the business case for renewable-energy-powered desalination technology becoming strong enough to unleash a boom? This summer, the Spanish ...
Solar Thermal Shows Highest Energy Yield Per Square Metre
The annual energy yield per square metre is much higher for solar collectors than for other renewable technologies, as the figure on the left shows. Compared to PV, solar collectors produce, on average, three times as many kilowatt-hours. C...