The EU in its ReFuelEU legislation has mandated that by 2050, just 24 years from today, 70% of airline fuel at EU airports must be sustainable airline fuels (SAF). Fully half of this 70%; 35% must be a synthetic SAF or Renewable Fuel of Non-biologic Origin (RFNBO),...
Abstract: This study evaluates the techno-economic performance of hybrid PV–CSP power plants using high-temperature particle receivers and compares them directly with molten salt-based alternatives, with all systems integrated into supercritical CO2 (sCO2) Brayton...
Abstract With the evolution of electricity market mechanisms and the increasing penetration of renewable energy, traditional empirical operation strategies for concentrating solar power (CSP) plants are becoming inadequate to meet the demands for system flexibility...
Abstract: Photovoltaic (PV) systems are renowned for low electricity generation costs, but their intermittent and non-dispatchable generation poses significant challenges to grid stability and curtailment. Concentrated solar power (CSP), equipped with thermal energy...
Source: Dubai Government Media Office His Excellency Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA), announced the successful refinancing of the Noor Energy 1 project at USD 2.70 billion, well...
China’s latest Five-Year Plan aims to actually absorb all the new renewable energy it continues to add each year. (A surge in CSP plants among them) Renewables have been built faster than the grid can absorb. In 2025 alone, China curtailed an estimated 360 TWh of...
On the closing day of SolarPACES 2026 in Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, Germany, Zhifeng Wang from the Chinese Academy of Science, Institute for Electrical Engineering was recognized with the Lifetime Achievement Award for his transformative leadership in advancing CSP in...
From China Solar Thermal Alliance: October 1, 2026 PowerChina has connected its 1 GW (1000 MW) Gonghe solar project to the grid in the Talatan solar park in Gonghe County, Hainan Prefecture, Qinghai Province. (The gigantic Talatan solar park was made famous in the...
To all relevant entities and individuals: In order to continuously demonstrate the unique appeal of concentrated solar power (CSP) technologies, capture scenes of construction, operationandmaintenance work and daily life at CSP power stations, and advance cultural...
Source: Press Release Zurich, September 8, 2026: Synhelion has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Government of Morocco with the aim to develop a large-scale commercial synthetic fuel plant in the country’s southern Tan-Tan province. The facility is planned...
Patents for thermal energy storage have soared over the last eight years, according to the patent filing source patsnap. We’ve covered stand-alone thermal energy storage using solid materials like sand, bricks, concrete, slag and ceramic waste, and delivered as hot...
Source: China Solar Thermal Alliance: The core heat absorption system installation has been successfully completed for the Tibet Development & Investment Anduo Tushuo 100 MW tower solar thermal project, constructed by POWERCHINA SEPCO1 in Tibet. (Map) All 16 solar...
Synhelion says they have hired the engineering firm Saipem to carry out preliminary engineering work for a commercial-scale synthetic fuel plant at an RWE industrial site in Hürth-Knapsack, Germany. The plant is expected to produce 30,000 tons annually of renewable...
Dongfang Boiler's first milestone a success at world's highest CSP tower project Dongfang Boiler has achieved "first light" at the 100MW Amdo Tushuo tower concentrated solar power plant in Tibet, the China Solar Thermal Alliance reported on Aug. 27. This involves...
Source: CSTA On August 20, the 100MW linear Fresnel solar thermal project of the CTGR Xinjiang Hami Integrated Energy Demonstration Project, EPC contracted by CPECC Northwest for China Three Gorges Renewables, successfully completed its 14-day trial operation...
Abstract: With the increasing application of Integrated Energy Systems (IES), more effective utilization of renewable energy and diversification of energy utilization forms have become urgent issues to address. IES faces challenges in the co-optimization of deep...
Researchers at GE Aerospace Research and Sandia National Laboratory have successfully fabricated and tested a 3D-printed silicon carbide (SiC) volumetric solar air receiver, achieving a temperature of 1390°C on-sun. The goal of the three-year program, now completed,...
Source: The Conversation By Craig Mcgregor; Director of the Stellenbosch University Solar Thermal Energy Research Group South Africa's coal-fired power stations are retiring. The country must replace a huge amount of electricity over the next two decades. Currently,...
Two years of plant DAWN: proving synthetic fuel production at industrial scale Source: Synhelion - Published in 2026 In 2024, we switched on plant DAWN for the first time. Since starting production in late summer that year, we have gained invaluable operational...
Source: ETH The production of cement ranks as one of the world’s largest industrial sources of CO₂. A new study now shows how cement production could in future be used to remove CO₂ from the atmosphere – based on a technology utilising lime. Cement is one of the most...
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