ExCo Representative
Somila Xosa
Department of Science and Technology
Somila.Xosa(at)dst.gov.za
ExCo Alternate
Vikesh Rajpaul
Eskom
RajpauVI(at)eskom.co.za
South Africa
CSP News & Analysis
Fractal corrosion fix in Gen3 CSP by Ranga Pitchumani 9 Jun 2023
Thermochemical energy storage to deliver Gen3 solar 365 days/yr 1 Jun 2023
Heat-recovery for a solar reactor is tested at ETH Zürich 8 May 2023
Oxygen fix for high-temperature molten-salt degradation (and corrosion) at 620°C 3 May 2023
Cascaded thermocline storage with metal wool gets test: HYBRIDplus 20 Apr 2023
Vast Solar’s fix for tank leaks that stymied the first Tower CSP 4 Apr 2023
Add Nickel to Ceria for Solar Syngas at just 700°C 29 Mar 2023
Water-cooled window for hot solar receivers over 1500°C 17 Mar 2023
Successful PROMES-CNRS thermocline test of latent/sensible heat storage 8 Mar 2023
Are there still careers in solar energy innovation? 6 Feb 2023
Fraunhofer-Chile finds PV-CSP combo has better LCOE than gas 17 Jan 2023
Solar energy record: Mongolian CSP generated round the clock 10 Jan 2023
SolarSteam wins recognition for Canadian climate tech 8 Jan 2023
Consortium to demonstrate nitrogen for fertilizer from biosolids using solar thermal 17 Dec 2022
Innovation in its volumetric absorber takes OVR efficiency to 90% 15 Dec 2022
Sodium heat transfer to Magnesia gets storage test 5 Dec 2022
Denmark’s solar district heat leadership due to great policies 23 Nov 2022
DLR finds CST is the Goldilocks renewable to decarbonize German industry 17 Oct 2022
China’s 2050 power could be Zero Carbon for under 1% of GDP: study 12 Oct 2022
At SolarPACES 2022, Heliogen talks up solar heat efficiency for mines 4 Oct 2022
The business case for storing energy thermally in former coal plants 5 Sep 2022
BA student devises algorithm to optimize Tower CSP preheating strategy 2 Sep 2022
How hot solar aviation fuel (thermochemistry heated by solar mirrors) took off 10 Aug 2022
On-Sun Test of Novel Solar Combined-Cycle Finds… 1 Aug 2022
Vast Solar to grow Port Augusta CSP to 150 MW at old SolarReserve site 18 Jul 2022
China Announces Another 1.3 GW of CSP with 12,000 MWh of Thermal Storage 7 Jul 2022
Paper Shows How Dispatchable CSP Can Solve the EU Gas Crisis 9 Jun 2022
Bill Gates-funded startup Rondo turns Solar or Wind into Heat 1 Jun 2022
Will the US Demo Long-duration Energy Storage in Time? 12 May 2022
Mining Tech shows How Particle CSP can Hoist Tons of Hot Sand 21 Apr 2022
CEMEX and Synhelion ace the First “Hot Solar” Cement Trial 12 Apr 2022
How China’s Cosin Solar Solved Some Tower CSP Challenges 22 Mar 2022
How Did Cosin Solar Tower CSP Reach Projected Performance So Fast? 16 Mar 2022
Researchers in Australia Investigate Open Vortex Solar Receiver for Thermochemistry at 1000°C 24 Feb 2022
NREL Results Support Cheap Long Duration Energy Storage in Hot Sand 8 Feb 2022
Namibia to De-Risk CSP with Permitted Siting and BOOT Finance 7 Feb 2022
World’s Largest Energy Firm to Build Three Chinese CSP Projects 24 Jan 2022
China’s Big State-Owned Firms Begin New CSP for 2024 24 Jan 2022
Volateq Brings Drone Monitoring Subscriptions for Trough Solar Thermal Energy 16 Dec 2021
New Sulfur-Based Solar Reactor Makes Cheap Green Hydrogen for Copper Mines 14 Dec 2021
Absolicon Investigates Wastewater Sludge Drying with 140°C Solar Heat 12 Dec 2021
Hot Solar Biomass Gasifier Makes Clean Hydrogen-Rich Syngas 17 Nov 2021
Advance Hot Solar Fuels with “Spillover” Policies 9 Nov 2021
The Economics of Running CSP as a Capacity Resource in the 100% Renewable Future 20 Oct 2021
Why Likana’s 24-Hour Solar Bid under $34/MWh Lost in Chile 14 Oct 2021
Have Heliostat Cost Cuts Helped Likana Bid CSP Under 4 Cents? 30 Sep 2021
Why Lunar Engineering is an Exciting R&D Field for the “Hot Solar” 27 Sep 2021
New Strategies Needed to Sell Solar Heat for Mining 9 Sep 2021
Auto Turbocharger to Power Solar-Heated Air for Industrial Drying 28 Aug 2021
Can a new kind of CSP be a game changer? 9 Aug 2021
A Nanotech Cermet Coating is Just One of Many Gen3 CSP Innovations 22 Jul 2021
Beam-Down Demos First Direct Solar Storage at 1/2 MWh Scale 7 Jul 2021
Synhelion, Wood Advance 100% Solar Hydrogen 23 Jun 2021
How a Bank Resurrected SolarReserve’s Redstone CSP with ACWA Power 7 Jun 2021-
The Fastest Route to Commercialize Solar Hydrogen – is through Australian Copper Mines? 24 May 2021
How a DOE Solar Desalination Award Detoured an Oil Industry Startup’s Plan 23 May 2021
100 GWh of Long Duration Energy Storage from MIT 14 Apr 2021
For 100% Renewables, DOE Speeds-up Storage Policy 1 Apr 2021
Could a Perovskite make Cheaper Solar Hydrogen? 10 Mar 2021
Aalborg CSP to Retrofit Coal Plants into Thermal Energy Storage 28 Feb 2021
MIT Proposes PV to Discharge Energy from 2,400°C Silicon Thermal Storage 15 Feb 2021
First-of-its-Kind Experiment with Liquid Metals in Thermocline Energy Storage at Karlsruhe 27 Jan 2021
HelioHeat Commercializes the DLR 1000°C Solar Receiver CentRec® 5 Jan 2021
TEXEL Explores US Market for 2-Cent Thermal Energy Storage in Metal Hydrides 21 Dec 2020
To Make Green Ammonia, US Researchers Design a Novel Solar Process 8 Dec 2020
CEMEX and Synhelion to Demo Zero CO2 Cement 20 Nov 2020
In South Africa and Spain, CSP is Meeting or Exceeding Projected Operation Targets 27 Oct 2020
Aalborg CSP Cuts Tubing Costs up to 42% with an Asymmetric Receiver 21 Oct 2020
At the SolarPACES Conference, Heliogen Introduces Solar Heat at 1 cent/kWh 13 Oct 2020
Xavier Lara on How Spain’s Q4 Auction Can Achieve the 5 GW of CSP it Wants 17 Sep 2020
Where Very Hot Solar Thermochemistry Research is Today: What’s Needed Next 7 Sep 2020
Spanish Start-up Innovates Solar Steam Modules for Industries 21 Aug 2020
Could Congress Commission a Government Agency Like WAPA to Build CSP? 11 Aug 2020
Australian Researchers Assess the Commercial Viability of Solar Alumina Calcining 3 Aug 2020
Promising Test Results for Molten Salts in Trough CSP 23 Jul 2020
Industry Shares its Experience to Advance Next Generation CSP 9 Jul 2020
Which is the Most Efficient Way to Make Solar Fuels from Methane? 17 Jun 2020
Making Solar Hydrogen with a Side of Carbon Nanotubes 1 Jun 2020
Morocco Pioneers PV with Thermal Storage at 800 MW Midelt CSP Project 25 Apr 2020
How Much Land Would Solar Thermochemistry Need to make All Our Aviation Fuel? 20 Apr 2020
Fred Morse: Go from Lowest Cost to Best Fit for a 100% Carbon Free Grid 3 Apr 2020
At Synhelion, Solar Jet Fuels Get Ready for Take-off 30 Mar 2020
Developers and Utilities Mull Solar Storage for a 100% Clean Energy Southwest 16 Mar 2020
A New Way to Dry Cool Solar Thermal Power Plants – with Underground Air 11 Mar 2020
Clean Tech investment challenge in commercializing innovations like HELIOtube 10 Feb 2020
Irrigation Water Can First be Used to Cool a Solar Thermal Power Project 9 Feb 2020
“Star” Receiver Could Cut Tower CSP Cost 11% 24 Jan 2020
Brightsource Innovates a Solar-cured Coating for DEWA Tower CSP 18 Dec 2019
A Novel CSP Heliostat Goes from Lab to Market in Just 5 Years 3 Dec 2019
NREL Awarded $2.8 Million to Develop a Long-Duration Thermal Energy Storage Technology 14 Nov 2019
Rebirth of SolarReserve’s 450 MW Likana Brings CSP Supply Chain Hope for Chile 29 Oct 2019
Sodium-based Vast Solar Combines the Best of Trough & Tower CSP to Win our Innovation Award 18 Oct 2019
Japan and Australia Test Solar Hydrogen Component 1 Oct 2019
MENA Region Industries Could Heat for Less with Solar 21 Sep 2019
Q&A: How Risk Mitigation Finance Can Cut CSP Costs 11 Sep 2019
Novel CSP Design Combines the Solar Receiver with Thermal Energy Storage 11 Sep 2019
Add Hydrogen Combustion to a Solar Reactor for Carbon-Free Mining and Mineral Processing 8 Aug 2019
Could China’s Global Grid Idea Help Grow CSP? 10 Jul 2019
Solar green hydrogen process that cuts costs 2 Jul 2019
Designing Solar Furnaces to Make Biochars without Air Pollution 29 Jun 2019
Start-Up VC Invests in Beam-Down Concentrator for Solar Fuel 5 Jun 2019
Morocco Breaks New Record with 800 MW Midelt 1 CSP-PV at 7 Cents 24 May 2019
VC-Funded Thermal “Battery” is Based on CSP Molten Salt Energy Storage 13 May 2019
Make Carnot Batteries with Molten Salt Thermal Energy Storage in ex-Coal Plants 16 Apr 2019
Study of Chile’s CSP Potential for Domestic Manufacturing 10 Apr 2019
Shouhang and EDF to Test s-CO2 Cycle in Concentrated Solar Power 29 Mar 2019
Australian Researchers Design a Solar Process for Algae-Derived Solar Fuel 28 Mar 2019
Trucks Transport Hot Particles Storing Energy 1 Kilometer for Multi-Tower CSP? 7 Mar 2019
Top Steelmaker Tests Thermal Energy Storage in Slag Byproduct to Cut CO2 12 Feb 2019
China Made Solar PV Cheap – Is CSP Next? 22 Jan 2019
Researchers Test Solar to Cut CO2 in Cement Processing 10 Jan 2019
Study Investigates Solar District Cooling Potential for Saudi Arabia 19 Nov 2018
Can California Really Meet its 100% Clean Energy Target? 16 Nov 2018
How CSP Can Help Remove CO2 from air 22 Oct 2018
Climate Policy that Actually Works: How Morocco is Meeting its Clean Energy Goals 21 Sep 2018
Can Spain Revive the CSP Industry it Killed? 12 Sep 2018
Researchers Seek Best s-CO2 Solar Desalination from Waste Heat 6 Sep 2018
How Three Novel Technologies Trialled in the US Will Cut CSP Cost 18 Jul 2018
Study: CSP Will Help China Cut Costs of Climate Action 17 Jul 2018
What are the Pros and Cons of Longer Solar Contracts? 11 Jul 2018
Artificial Vision Enables Solar Field Calibration Overnight 4 Jul 2018
A Blueprint for 100% Solar Desalination 18 Jun 2018
Eastern Morocco’s Concentrated Solar Power Potential Assessed 15 May 2018
Researchers Reduce Intermittency in Solar Thermochemical Hydrogen Production 30 Apr 2018
Path to a Booming Australian Solar Thermal Energy Market 3 Apr 2018
Morocco’s Noor III Solar Tower CSP to Deliver Power by October 4 Mar 2018
Scientists Test World’s First Solar Fuels Reactor for Night 12 Feb 2018
Solar Heat to Make Power + Water for Namibia: Study 31 Jan 2018
Particle Receivers to Get First Commercial Trial – in Saudi Arabia 18 Jan 2018
Missing Link for Solar Hydrogen is… Ammonia? 7 Jan 2018
How solar thermochemistry generates the greenest hydrogen 21 Dec 2017
Researcher Pioneers Solar to Heat Crucial Steel Component 13 Dec 2017
How Has Spain’s Concentrated Solar Thermal Power Performed? 30 Nov 2017
GlassPoint Brings Gigantic 850 MWth Solar EOR to California 30 Nov 2017
How Synhelion’s solar jet fuel started – an interview in 2017 15 Nov 2017
All MENA CSP Now 7 Cents or Under Says ACWA Power 14 Nov 2017
US DOE: CSP Could Provide Needed Flexibility and Reliability to Grid 6 Nov 2017
Solar Thermal Power Prices have Dropped an Astonishing 50% in Six Months 29 Oct 2017
Scientist Devises a Solar Reactor to Make Water and Oxygen from Moon Rocks 26 Oct 2017
How Solar Peaker Plants Could Replace Gas Peakers 19 Oct 2017
Solar Flux; from Bug to Feature 10 Oct 2017
TuNur Night-time Solar Exports to EU for 10 cents – Q&A 18 Sep 2017
Sandia Labs R&D Helped SolarReserve hit 6 Cents CSP 5 Sep 2017
US DOE Funds Terrafore’s Phase Change Energy Storage Test 1 Sep 2017
How Port Augusta Got the World’s Cheapest Solar Thermal Power 30 Aug 2017
SolarReserve Breaks CSP Price Record with 6 Cent Contract 25 Aug 2017
CSP to be Essential by 2050 …for Germany? 10 Aug 2017
Why Chile Could Lead the World in CSP 26 Jul 2017
Solar EOR a Big Win for GlassPoint 3 Jul 2017
SolarPACES to Optimize Chile’s Clean Energy Grid 7 Jun 2017
How an Artist Has Made CSP the “Default” Solar 1 May 2017
Recent Journal Publications
Published at Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews – Assessing the sustainability impacts of concentrated solar power deployment in Europe in the context of global value chains 3 Jun 2023
Published at Energies – Hybrid System of Photovoltaic and Solar Thermal Technologies for Industrial Process Heat 3 Jun 2023
Published at Energy – Integrated design of solar concentrator and thermochemical reactor guided by optimal solar radiation distribution 2 Jun 2023
Published at Solar Energy – Full-scale investigation of heliostat aerodynamics through wind and pressure measurements at a pentagonal heliostat 23 May 2023
Published at Materials Today Energy – Strategic co-doping of ceria for improved oxidation kinetics in solar thermochemical fuel production 22 May 2023
Published at Energy Storage and Saving – Design of a multi-inlet solar thermochemical reactor for steam methane reforming with improved performance 22 May 2023
Published at Applied Energy – A novel high-efficiency solar thermochemical cycle for fuel production based on chemical-looping cycle oxygen removal 19 May 2023
Published at ACS – Compositionally Complex Perovskite Oxides for Solar Thermochemical Water Splitting 6 May 2023
Published at Solar Energy – Potential of solar thermochemical water-splitting cycles: A review 24 Apr 2023
CSP News Briefs
Spain now needs CSP for grid stability – study 9 Jun 2023-
DOE announces 7 awards to cut heliostat costs 4 Jun 2023
Register for the 26th Cologne Solar Colloquium June 22 26 May 2023
SENER’s 110 MW of new Spanish CSP could start by year-end near its Gemasolar plant 25 May 2023
Solar reactor attains over 20% efficiency in hydrogen production 19 May 2023
The EuroTrough helps China Shipbuilding’s 100 MW CSP project set record 9 May 2023
Power China’s 50 MW Gonghe Tower CSP has a record month 9 May 2023
Abstract Submission Period Extended to May 12 for SolarPACES 2023 Conference 5 May 2023
100 MW CSP Tower operating in 700 MW DEWA project in Dubai 24 Apr 2023
China prioritizes CSP connection and dispatch in new rule 19 Apr 2023
Two more Chinese pilot CSP projects report monthly generating records 13 Apr 2023
ETH seeks Assistant Professor of Solar Energy Engineering (Tenure Track) 6 Apr 2023
CSIRO’s Renewable Energy Storage Roadmap: CSP lowest cost 2 Apr 2023
Women in CSP networking event on March 15 midday CET 13 Mar 2023
DOE seeks stakeholder R&D advice to advance solar fuels 9 Mar 2023
2022 Blue Book on China’s CSP industry launched 8 Mar 2023
Sandia breaks ground on its Gen-3 particle-based CSP tech demo 18 Feb 2023
Vast Solar going public with NETC on the NY Stock Exchange as Vast 15 Feb 2023
DOE allots $1.6 billion to decarbonize coal country 14 Feb 2023
Women in CSP group attracts over 100 initial members, starts website 11 Feb 2023
Green hydrogen shipping breakthrough: HySiLabs 10 Feb 2023
50 MW Hami Tower CSP project with novel STELLIO heliostats commissioned in China 9 Feb 2023
US and China lead in thermal energy storage patents 17 Jan 2023
1414 Degrees readies silicon for its high temperature thermal energy storage 8 Jan 2023
Heliocon seeks heliostat cost reduction to $50 per square meter 24 Dec 2022
New DOE solar technologies funding for early stage CSP / CST direct heat 14 Dec 2022
DLR study: potential for low cost solar fuels in the MENA region 10 Dec 2022
Solar furnace to melt steel at 2000°C for Swiss recycler Panatère 7 Dec 2022
The race for solar megaprojects in North Africa that attracts Europeans 6 Dec 2022
Shanghai Electric CSP starts sending overnight solar power to Dubai grid 4 Dec 2022
Hydroxide molten salts tested in 20 MW thermal energy storage trial 25 Nov 2022
Auction failure curtails CSP in Spain’s Ecological Transition 19 Nov 2022
China now has 30 CSP projects with thermal energy storage underway 9 Oct 2022
Abengoa wins Solar Project of the Year award for 600 MW trough CSP at NOOR 4 Oct 2022
Solar heat to decarbonize industries gets $13 million boost from DOE 1 Oct 2022
SolarPACES Conference Sept 27-30 Plenary Highlights 17 Sep 2022
China seeks bids to build nine CSP plants 17 Sep 2022
Synhelion produces first solar syngas in Wood’s industrial-scale reforming reactor 20 Aug 2022-
Another 400 MW of Chinese CSP Starts in Xinjiang Province 25 Jul 2022
Spain Finally Names CSP Auction Date: October 25 Jul 2022
Submit Particle-CSP Papers for Solar Energy’s Special Issue 22 Jul 2022
100 MW of CSP+8 Hrs Storage Breaks Ground in Xinjiang 21 Jul 2022
Rondo’s Thermal Storage to Decarbonize TITAN Cement 13 Jul 2022
SUPCON CSP sets World’s First Annual Record for Molten Salt Tower Generation 11 Jul 2022
Webinar: What is behind China’s CSP Records and Growth? 4 Jul 2022-
Webinar: Presentation of Blue Book of China’s CSP Industry 2021 22 Jun 2022
Cosin Breaks Ground on 100 MW CSP and Thermal Storage in Gansu Province 21 Jun 2022
Blue Book of China’s CSP Industry 2021 Published 15 Jun 2022
Three Gorges Seeks EPC Bids for 200 MW of CSP Under 5 cents/kWh 14 Jun 2022
1,500 MW of Glasspoint Solar Steam to Decarbonize Saudi Aluminum Production 11 Jun 2022
China’s Curtailments go up as Renewables Growth Explodes 8 Jun 2022-
DOE Invests Half a Billion to De-risk Cheaper Energy Storage 18 May 2022
ATA Webinar: Capitalize on the Coming US Grid Storage Boom 13 May 2022
NREL scientists advance solar thermo-chemical hydrogen (STCH) production 8 May 2022- US DOE: Submit Abstracts by May 6 for SolarPACES 2022 29 Apr 2022
China’s CSP at Hami Expected to be 250 MW by 2025 28 Mar 2022
How Europe can Cut Natural Gas Imports from Russia significantly within a Year 9 Mar 2022
ACWA Power’s Redstone CSP Draws Down Debt in 9th Month of Construction 22 Feb 2022
April 11 Deadline to Tender for 200MW CSP in Botswana 22 Feb 2022
Info on SETO 2022 Funding for CSP/CST Technologies 9 Feb 2022
NREL Starts SETO-Funded Study of Wind Impacts on Solar Collectors 12 Jan 2022
Vast Solar Consortium Patents Flexitank; Prevents Thermal Storage Leaks 9 Dec 2021
“Sun-to-Liquids” Solar Fuels R&D Wins Recognition at Cop26 24 Nov 2021
Namibia Readies Bidding for CSP in 2022 24 Nov 2021
These 25 Advanced CSP & CST Technologies to Share $33 Million US DOE Funding 20 Oct 2021
IEA Report: Raise Investment and R&D to Reach Green Hydrogen Goal by 2050 7 Oct 2021
Spain Seeks Bids for 200 MW of CSP in 2021 Auction 6 Oct 2021
DLR-CSP Services Solar Flux Measurement System Wins International CSP Tech Award 5 Oct 2021
Solar Fuels Pioneer Synhelion Acquires Smart Mirror Expert Heliokon 28 Sep 2021
Masdar City Start-up Seramic Materials Launches 100% Recycled Thermal Energy Storage 23 Sep 2021
China Begins $3 Billion Golmud Project 3.3GW CSP+PV+Thermal Storage 19 Sep 2021- View the 2021 SolarPACES Conference Program Now 25 Aug 2021
SolarPACES 2021 Registration Now Open 9 Aug 2021
RFP to Demo Long Duration Energy Storage Innovations 13 Jul 2021
Submit Papers on Solar Thermochemical Innovations to “Energies” Special Issue by Sept 1 8 Jul 2021
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Robert Pitz-Paal receives Energy Award from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) 29 Jun 2021
“Solar Power Around the Clock” report released by the German Association for Concentrated Solar Power (DCSP) 22 Jun 2021
Bill Gates-backed CSP “Sunlight Refinery” Heliogen Raises $108 Million 15 Jun 2021
New DLR Study Answers All Your Questions About CSP & Solar Thermal 14 Jun 2021
Thermal Storage Test Milestone at the 700 MW DEWA CSP Plant 12 Jun 2021
Chile Considers Converting 30 Coal Plants into “Carnot” Batteries 2 Jun 2021
Sign Up for June 17th Cologne Solar Colloquium: Industrial Heat Technologies 18 May 2021
100 MW Redstone Solar with 12 Hours Daily Thermal Energy Storage Closes Financing 10 May 2021
Balloons Test Environmental Safety of Advanced Solar Power Tower Tech 22 Apr 2021
The Cerro Dominador CSP Project Has Synchronized to the Grid in Chile 13 Apr 2021
New DOE Funding for CSP: Webinar April 12 25 Mar 2021
SolarPACES Lifetime Award Winner Professor Valeriano Ruiz has passed away 15 Mar 2021
Long Duration Energy Storage gets New R&D Lab in Biden’s DOE 11 Mar 2021
March 1 Deadline for Sandia R&D Funding Awards for CSP Technologies 20 Feb 2021
EuroTrough Helped Cut Ramp-Up Time of China’s 100 MW Urat CSP 16 Feb 2021
Botswana is Now Looking for Bids to Build 200 MW of CSP 22 Jan 2021
Long-duration Thermal Energy Storage Startup Azelio Wins First Commercial Order 28 Dec 2020
Saudi Government Raises Ownership to Half of Global Solar Leader ACWA Power 3 Dec 2020
Bokpoort Breaks a Solar Record – CSP Operating Round the Clock 13 Days: 28 Oct 2020
Nov 5 Webinar: Abengoa on Retrofitting CSP Plants for Intermittent Renewable Energy Storage 27 Oct 2020
ATA Insights Webinar | CSP from Dusk to Dawn: Blueprint for 200 MW Tower 26 Oct 2020
US DOE Announces Quarterfinalists in $9 Million Solar Desalination Prize 19 Oct 2020
ACWA Power’s Bokpoort Sets New Production Record as South African Load-shedding Persists 10 Sep 2020
Solar Heat for Cleaning Wastewater and Recovering Clean Water 1 Sep 2020
SolarPACES Award Winner Vast Solar Plans a 50MW 24/7 Australian Solar Project 24 Jul 2020
China Wins First CSP for Hydro-Rich Zambia as Drought Increases 22 Jul 2020
ATA Webinar July 30: The Present and Future of CSP and Thermal Storage from the European Perspective 20 Jul 2020
IEA Clean Energy Transitions Summit Convenes 80% of Global Emitters Online July 9th CEST 8 Jul 2020
World’s First Utility-Scale Molten Salt Fresnel CSP Plant Connects to China’s Grid 30 Jun 2020
Spain’s First CSP to Get Novel Thermal+Electric Storage Retrofit 17 Jun 2020
Switzerland’s International Airport to Buy Synhelion’s First Solar Fuel 28 May 2020
Applications Open for US DOE $9 Million Solar Thermal Desalination Prize 29 Apr 2020
COVID Pandemic Announcement: SolarPACES Conference 27 Apr 2020
California Looks for Long-Duration Renewable Energy Storage Contracts for 2026 12 Apr 2020
Online Conference April 1-2: World Bank MENA Concentrating Solar for Power and Heat 17 Mar 2020
Generation from Spain’s Existing 2.3 GW of CSP Showing Steady Annual Increases 3 Mar 2020
China’s Supcon Achieves Over 105% of Projected Output in 24/7 Solar 28 Feb 2020
Concentrated Solar Heat to Desalinate Seawater at Saudi Neom City 16 Feb 2020
Real-Time Sky Imaging Cameras to Speed Up CSP Response Time 24 Jan 2020
Sener Offers to Expand its CSP as South Africa’s Coal Plant Blackouts Continue 18 Dec 2019
Evening Peak Solar CSP Projected to Undercut Gas in Chile’s Open Auctions 28 Nov 2019
Bill Gates Funds A Second Concentrated Solar Thermal Startup: Heliogen 19 Nov 2019
Got Ideas on How to Commercialize sCO2 With CSP? Tell Uncle Sam 12 Nov 2019
US Lists $30 Million in 2019 CSP Research Awards 7 Nov 2019
Logistics Firm Chooses Solar for Steam Washing at Port of Antwerp 30 Oct 2019
China Connects Luneng, its 5th CSP Project in Climate Push 22 Sep 2019
Supcon Just Connected 50 MW of Tower CSP to China’s Grid at Record Speed 20 Sep 2019
Morocco’s Ourazazate Noor III CSP Tower Exceeds Performance Targets 27 May 2019
China to Finance and Shanghai Electric to Build CSP for ACWA Power’s 950MW Dubai Solar Plant 24 Apr 2019
May 7 Deadline for DOE $33 Million for CSP R&D in Storage, Manufacturing and Autonomous Technologies 10 Apr 2019
South Africa OKs Start-up of SENER’s Day-to-Night Solar Thermal Energy: Ilanga-1 6 Dec 2018
First-Ever Conference on the Role of CSP in Decarbonising the Mediterranean and Middle East: Cyprus and Online 21 Nov 2018
Glasspoint Signs up 2nd Oman Solar EOR Project at Twice the Size: 2 GWth 13 Nov 2018
IEA: China Overtaking US in Concentrated Solar Power by 2023 18 Oct 2018
China’s First Commercial CSP Project Has Begun Operation 11 Oct 2018
Final Testing for 150 MW Noor III Tower CSP 26 Sep 2018
ARPA-E Awardees Aim to Store Energy for up to 4 Days 19 Sep 2018
SolarReserve’s Aurora Solar Project Signs MOU for 13,000 Aussie Heliostats 18 Sep 2018
Q&A on Chile’s CSP Lessons Learned: Carlos Arenas Coronil 6 Sep 2018
Salt Melting Starts at SENER’s Kathu Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) Project in South Africa 3 Aug 2018
China’s First Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) Has Connected to the Grid 3 Jul 2018
Noor III 150 MW Tower CSP starts Commissioning in Morocco 7 Jun 2018
China to Extend Deadline for Late CSP Demos – But Add Penalty 25 May 2018
Chile’s 210 MW Cerro Dominador CSP-PV Project Signs Financing 19 May 2018
Morocco Predicts Price Drop at Midelt CSP-PV Hybrid 18 May 2018
SolarReserve Seeks Permit to Add 70MW PV to Aurora CSP 10 May 2018
Abengoa Awarded Two New CSP Projects in China 10 May 2018
Marrakesh Conference Presented Solutions for Reducing Water Use in CSP 27 Apr 2018
IEA CO2 Report – Renewables Meet 25% of Global Demand Growth 14 Apr 2018
Redstone CSP Contract Signed After 2-Year Delay 4 Apr 2018
Here are the Solar Fuels Captured CO2 Emissions Will Make 30 Mar 2018
US Clean Energy R&D Gets Biggest Funding Increase Since 2009 25 Mar 2018
Libya is Latest MENA nation to Plan CSP 21 Mar 2018
SolarReserve Splitting Aurora’s Transmission Cost with Aussie Mining Co. 9 Mar 2018
Steps for Solar Resource Assessment in CSP Projects: China 9 Mar 2018
ContourGlobal Buying Acciona’s CSP in Spain for €1.09 billion 1 Mar 2018
Kathu CSP Plant Successfully Connected to South Africa’s Grid 1 Mar 2018
Glasspoint Inaugurates First Four Units of Miraah in Oman 14 Feb 2018
China Plans 2 GW CSP Plant in Mongolia 8 Feb 2018
CSP Capacity Grew 2% to 5.13 GW in 2017 8 Feb 2018
ACWA Power Ready for $1 Billion IPO 28 Jan 2018
Natixis: Open Auctions, Market Confidence Driving CSP Price Records 28 Jan 2018
IRENA Report 2017 Notes CSP’s “Spectacular” Cost Reductions 20 Jan 2018
Morocco’s Noor II Begins Synchronization to Grid 14 Jan 2018
CSP puts end to Morocco electricity blackouts 11 Jan 2018
SolarReserve Achieves Key Milestone in Development of South Australia’s First Solar Thermal Power Station 10 Jan 2018
Australia Seeking Solar Hydrogen Research to Fund 8 Jan 2018
TuNur Applied to Export CSP to EU at 8.73 Cents 29 Dec 2017
ATA’s New Webinar on Morocco’s Solar Opportunities Jan 22 22 Dec 2017
Study Finds Permit-friendly CSP Sites in California Wastelands 20 Dec 2017
Abengoa’s Xina Completes First Three Months in South Africa 19 Dec 2017
Eskom to Sign Long-delayed Redstone CSP “in Next Week” 14 Dec 2017
New Solar Thermal Energy Storage Idea Wins 2017 PowerUp! Competition 12 Dec 2017
Bokpoort Breaks A Solar Thermal Energy Production Record 7 Dec 2017
World’s Largest Solar Reactor Will Split H2O into Hydrogen 6 Dec 2017
Could Transmission in Railroad Corridors Enable More US CSP? 5 Dec 2017
Oil Industry Survey Finds GlassPoint Style Solar Thermal Steam is Only Future for EOR 2 Dec 2017
Experts Predict More CSP Under 5 Cents in 2018 2 Dec 2017
Siemens Trials Thermal Storage in Rocks for Wind Power 30 Nov 2017
DOE Solar Desalination Concept Funding Deadline December 4 30 Nov 2017
Power China Awards EPC Bid to SUPCON for 50 MW Tower CSP 24 Nov 2017
KaXu Solar One Recognized in UN Climate Change Award at COP23 21 Nov 2017
DLR Researchers Commission High Temperature Receiver with Ceramic Particle Storage 14 Nov 2017
Splitting Water to Hydrogen using 10,000 “Suns” of Concentrated Solar Power 13 Nov 2017
Namibia’s Outstanding CSP Potential Could “Light up Southern Africa” 12 Nov 2017
IEA: Dramatic Drop in Fossil Fuel Investment Since 2014 9 Nov 2017
Upcoming ATA Webinar: Solar for commercial and industrial (C&I) heat 8 Nov 2017
Glasspoint starts up 1 GW Solar Thermal EOR on Time and on Budget 3 Nov 2017
Xina Solar One CSP plant completes first month of operation 1 Nov 2017
38 Bids From 24 Energy Firms in Chile’s Energy Auctions 29 Oct 2017
SolarReserve Bids CSP Under 5 Cents in Chilean Auction 29 Oct 2017
Will Molten Salt Outdo Batteries for Grid-Tied Storage? 28 Oct 2017
Huge Jump in CSP Projects for the MENA Region 27 Oct 2017
New Fractal CSP Receivers Absorb Sunlight Better 25 Oct 2017
Ghana to Tap its Abundant Solar Thermal Energy Potential 24 Oct 2017
New Chance for US CSP? California Outlaws Gas-Fired Peaker Plants 13 Oct 2017
Solar Thermal Molten Salt Storage Among Bids into Queensland Storage Tender 12 Oct 2017
How we Talk About Climate Change Matters 3 Oct 2017
New Solar Collector Design Aims to Bring CSP Costs to Record Lows 3 Oct 2017
Abengoa in Positive Financial Shape After Restructuring 1 Oct 2017
How ACWA Bid Record Low Cost CSP in Dubai 22 Sep 2017
Dispatchable Solar CSP Broke Price Records in 2017 21 Sep 2017
ACWA Power / Shanghai Power Win Dubai Solar Auction with 7.3 Cents CSP 16 Sep 2017
China’s Shouhang and CNLNPC to Invest $2.3 Billion (USD) in CSP 15 Sep 2017
China Releases Shortlist for 1st 20 Demo CSP Projects 13 Sep 2017
SunShot Focuses $62 Million on CSP Cost Reduction 12 Sep 2017
China’s First Commercial CSP Project at 50 MW Begins Test Run 12 Sep 2017
SunShot to Fund Solar Thermal Desalination Research 11 Sep 2017
South Africa’s Reneged Renewable Contracts to Lead to Lawsuits 10 Sep 2017
TuNur Revives Sahara-Europe CSP Export Idea 7 Sep 2017