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China General Nuclear’s 100 MW Jixi Tower CSP begins delivering power from freezing Baicheng
[Ed: This 100 MW CSP Tower project at Jixi, Baicheng is one of two 100 MW Tower CSP plants to be connected to one of China's Ultra High Voltage (UHV) DC lines, the Lugu line, for extremely long-distance transmission of renewable energy. The 1.4GW New Energy park at...
China General Nuclear introduces novel high temperature Trough with Tower CSP in Qinghai
The 350MW solar project at Wutumeiren in Qinghai Province by CGN will combine 3 Towers with Trough CSP [Ed: Till now, Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) using parabolic Trough technology has been limited in efficiency by the temperature limit of the heat transfer oil to...
Published at Ceramics International – Upcycling copper slag into high-performance spinel-based ceramics with integrated solar absorption and storage
Abstract: Solid solar absorption/storage material (SSAM) is the crucial component for next generation concentrating solar power (CSP) system, which could promote global carbon neutrality. However, the comprehensive absorption/storage performance of SSAM at low cost...
Questions about China’s recent surge in CSP? Here are some answers
With China’s massive state-owned enterprises (SOE) like China General Nuclear, PowerChina and Three Gorges (famous for the 22MW dam) completing 26 full-scale concentrated solar power (CSP) projects in the last few years, and with even more than that under...
Published at Nature Energy – The PAINT database for operational concentrating solar power plant data following FAIR data principles
Abstract: Integrating renewable energy is critical for maintaining grid stability while striving towards global climate goals. Concentrating solar power tower plants offer a promising solution but their competitiveness is currently hindered by high operational costs,...
The optimal internal receiver geometry for high temperature solar fuels
Concentrated solar power researchers have long known that porous ceramic “volumetric” receivers can deliver very high temperatures. What a new study from Cranfield University shows is that the internal shape of the cavity impacts heat retention. After testing...
Themis Powder2Power particle-based CSP begins commissioning in France
Source: Powder2Power The Powder2Power project has reached a major milestone at the Themis solar tower in Targasonne, France, where the project MW-scale fluidised particle-based Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) prototype is approaching completion. Over the past...
50MW CSP pilot in Hami breaks another generation record with 1,167.6 MWh in 24 hours
Source: CSPPlaza On May 19th, the Hami Molten Salt Tower 50MW CSP Project generated 1,167.6 MWh in a single day, its all-time highest since commencing operation, according to offtaker Shenergy Power. China Solar Thermal Alliance had noted a previous one-day record of...
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Could waste brine from desalination plants help make steel greener?
At Perth's Curtin University in Western Australia, Lina Hockaday is leading a team researching the use of waste brine to upgrade iron ore in a different way, so it can be used to make green steel. Right now, most of Western Australia’s Pilbara region iron ore is...
SolarPACES has now mapped all 43 of China’s new CSP projects
The new SolarPACES-CSTA database of all current CSP in China map enables a visualization of the locations of all 43 of China's concentrated solar power (CSP) projects that are operating or under construction by mid 2026. In China, CSP always includes thermal energy...
China General Nuclear (CGN) proposes first 100 MW Tower CSP in Brazil
Source: CSTA via Brazil Energy From CGN Brazil: In partnership with the Government of Piauí, we are advancing the structuring of an innovative initiative for the development of concentrated solar power (CSP) technology with thermal storage — still unprecedented in...
China Energy’s first Tower CSP joins two by PowerChina at Talatan
Source:CSTA [CSTA News we missed from January 2026:Ed] On 29 December, China Energy's first tower concentrating solar power (CSP) project—the 100 MW Qingyu HVDC Phase-II plant of Qinghai Gonghe Co.—was successfully synchronized to the grid. The plant is the group's...
Published at Energy Conversion and Management – Short-term optimal scheduling of a cascade hydropower-wind-photovoltaic-concentrated solar power hybrid power system considering dynamic frequency security constraints and flexible load response
Abstract: As the penetration of renewable energy sources such as wind and photovoltaic generation continues to rise, the inherent randomness and intermittency of their output pose significant challenges to system frequency stability. To address the limited frequency...
Published at Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews – Heliostat aiming strategies in concentrated solar power towers: A review
Abstract: In conventional solar power tower (SPT) systems, heliostats typically aim at a single point on the receiver, such as the cavity aperture center or external receiver equator. While these traditional strategies minimize spillage losses, they often cause...
Published at Solar Energy – Comprehensive assessment of metrology techniques for heliostat efficiency and performance evaluation
Abstract: Concentrating solar power plants, specifically central receiver type systems and their heliostat field, are struggling with negative reputation in the USA, due to perceived underperformance and reliability issues. This is in part due to a lack of standards...
Dongfang delivers heliostats for the highest altitude CSP Project in Tibet
Source: ESPLaza On April 30, a major milestone was achieved at the world’s highest-altitude concentrated solar power (CSP) tower project—the Tushuo 100 MW CSP plant in Amdo County, Tibet—where all 15,927 heliostats manufactured by Dongfang Boiler have been...
Tower CSP at Tangshan Haitai’s massive solar park runs a record 96 hours straight
During a trial run in April, 2026, one of the most recent new CSP projects in China, the 100MW tower CSP project at Tangshan Haitai's 1 GW Qiquanhu PV Industrial Park, set an operation record. It ran continuously and safely around the clock for 96 hours straight, with...
Key Chinese Molten Salt Storage Tank Manufacturers
Source: Jennifer ZhangDeputy Editor-in-Chief at ESPLAZA&CSPPLAZA With the rapid growth of emerging energy storage markets such as concentrated solar power (CSP) and thermal power plant flexibility retrofits, the commercial deployment of molten salt energy storage...
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- Questions about China’s recent surge in CSP? Here are some answers
- The optimal internal receiver geometry for high temperature solar fuels
- Could waste brine from desalination plants help make steel greener?
- Tower CSP at Tangshan Haitai’s massive solar park runs a record 96 hours straight
- Solar experts offer a solution to satisfy both sides in Ivanpah decommissioning battle
- How big can a single tank to store molten salts be?
- Why Chile is ideal for deploying the solar sulfur cycle for green copper
- Concentrated solar lithium battery recycling demo bests fossil-fueled recovery rate
- Rethinking pressurized gases for Fresnel solar receivers
- Volateq’s drone-based monitoring targets key risks in parabolic trough collectors
- Ranga Pitchumani – we’ve just started scratching the surface of Gen3 CSP
- Stored solar heat gets an algorithm to ensure a steady supply
- Aluminum melted with Annular Fresnel solar at over 700°C
- Tallying a year’s sun on solar calcination with sCO2 cycles
- Researchers create a digital twin to run DAWN, Synhelion’s solar fuels plant
- A buried solar receiver to melt lunar ice
- Solar vacuum pyrolysis leverages the lunar vacuum to mine oxygen
- PSA advances a solar reactor to extract oxygen from lunar ilmenite
- Solar steam from Glasspoint to decarbonize a California mine
- Startup concentrates solar to melt NASA’s lunar landing pads
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