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CSP News & Analysis

  • Annular Fresnel mirrors are cut from silvered acrylic
    Aluminum melted with Annular Fresnel solar at over 700°C December 12, 2025
    Susan Kraemer
  • solar tower sCO2 cycle calcination
    Tallying a year’s sun on solar calcination with sCO2 cycles December 2, 2025
    Susan Kraemer
  • Researchers create a digital twin to run DAWN, Synhelion’s solar fuels plant November 15, 2025
    Susan Kraemer
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Current Opportunities
in Concentrated Solar

  • Research assistant hydrometallurgical iron ore beneficiation – Perth
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SolarPACES Announcements

  • Accepting the SolarPACES Technology Innovation Award 2025 for the Innovative High-Temperature Air-Based Integrated CST for Flexible Renewable Heat are Pok Wan Kwang and Gediz Karaca from ODQA, with Rafael Guedez, Silvia Trevisan and Konstantinos Apostolopoulos-Kalkavouras from KTH
    KTH and ODQA win the SolarPACES 2025 Technology Innovation Award for hot-air-based dispatchable industrial heat
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CSP News Briefs

  • SWISS signs long-term offtake agreement for solar jet fuel from Synhelion December 19, 2025
  • Wei Wu’s startup Heatrix wins the 17th IDEE Förderpreis November 24, 2025
  • Xinjiang’s Fresnel CSP starts operation pioneering multiple O&M automation innovations October 15, 2025
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CSP Tech Explainers

How solar fuels work: Concentrated solar and thermochemistry

How solar fuels work: Concentrated solar and thermochemistry

Solar fuels are made using thermochemistry driven by direct heat from the sun In this process, solar thermal energy provides the heat for thermochemical reactions to produce new compounds such as green hydrogen or sustainable aviation fuel. Highly concentrated solar...

How solar thermal energy storage works with concentrated solar

How solar thermal energy storage works with concentrated solar

Here's what dispatchable solar looks like. This gigantic solar thermal energy storage tank holds enough stored sunlight to generate 1,100 MWh/day from stored solar power. The cheapest way to store solar energy over many hours, such as the five to seven hour evening...

Recent Journal Publications

  • Published at Solar Energy – Effects of concentrated solar–integrated packed-bed thermal energy storage operation on solid oxide electrolysis cell performance December 12, 2025
  • Published at Applied Thermal Engineering – Dynamic heat transfer model for thermal energy storage using metal wool–phase change material composites December 12, 2025
  • Published at Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assesments – On-sun performance and stability of graphene nanofluids in concentrating direct absorption solar collectors December 12, 2025
  • Published at Applied Thermal Engineering – Performance evaluation of an oval solar receiver for safe and efficient ultra-high temperature operation November 24, 2025
  • Published at Chemical Engineering Journal – Thermodynamic modeling of countercurrent chemical looping reverse water gas shift process for redox material screening November 14, 2025
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