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
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
Recent Journal Publications
Published at Joule – A solar tower fuel plant for the thermochemical production of kerosene from H2O and CO2 28 Jan 2023
Published in Case Studies in Thermal Engineering-Comparison study of thermoclinic heat storage tanks using different liquid metals for concentrated solar power 23 Jan 2023
Published at ACS – Synthesis, Experimental, and Theoretical Study of Co3–xNixO4 Mixed Oxides: Potential Candidates for Hydrogen Production via Solar Redox Cycles 17 Jan 2023
Published at Sustainable Energy & Fuels – Kinetic investigation of solar chemical looping reforming of methane over Ni–CeO2 at low temperature 17 Jan 2023
Published at Thermal Science and Engineering Progress – Design and steady-state simulation of a CSP-ORC power plant using an open-source co-simulation framework combining SAM and DWSIM: 27 Dec 2022
Published at Energies – Experimental Investigation on the Vector Characteristics of Concentrated Solar Radiation Flux Map: 27 Dec 2022
Published at the Journal of Energy Storage – Nanoparticle-based anticorrosion coatings for molten salts applications: 27 Dec 2022
Published at Applied Thermal Engineering – Hierarchical Control of Multi-Generation Solar Thermal Power Plant: 26 Dec 2022
Decarbonizing the German industrial thermal energy use with solar, hydrogen, and other options–Recommendations for the world 16 Dec 2022
CSP News Briefs
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
Registration Opens for SolarPACES Conference in Albuquerque, USA 2 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
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