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
Solar Power And Chemical Energy Systems
CSP News & Analysis
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
A Novel Way to Cut Cost in 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
CSP is the Most Efficient Renewable to Split Water for 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
Desert Solar to Fuel Centuries of Air Travel 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
CSP News Briefs
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
New Access Campaign – SFERA III 12 Mar 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
SolarPACES Announcements
SolarPACES 2017 Conference Proceedings Now Published with AIP 14 Nov 2018
October 2018: SolarPACES ExCo Selects a New Logo 17 Oct 2018
2018 SolarPACES Awards 29 May 2018
SolarPACES Conference 2018: 2-5 October in Casablanca, Morocco 8 Feb 2018
Sign the Petition to Save the World’s Largest CSP R&D Center, Plataforma Solar de Almería 17 Nov 2017
New IEA Report: Renewable Energy for Industry 10 Nov 2017
DCSP informs 6 Oct 2017
SolarPACES ExCo elects Robert Pitz-Paal as new Chair 5 Oct 2017
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