Researchers have developed a completely different way for Trough CSP to collect solar energy. Normally, in this form of Concentrated Solar Power (CSP), long lines of huge ‘trough’-shaped parabolic mirrors move slowly all day as the sun crosses the sky, to keep...
Artificial Intelligence & Digital Twins for Concentrated Solar Power (EU SUN‑DT Project) About the project SUN‑DT (“Smart Use of Novel Digital Tools for advanced performance and reduced costs in CSP tower plants”) is a three‑year Horizon Europe initiative...
Abstract The production of alternative renewable fuels is imperative for decarbonising hard-to-electrify sectors. Dimethyl ether (DME) is an aerosol propellant and a low-emission candidate for fossil fuel substitution. The main conventional DME production process is...
Source: Press Release SWISS becomes world’s first airline to integrate Synhelion solar fuel into its flight operations Zurich, July 24, 2025 SWISS has become the first airline in the world to integrate the solar fuel manufactured by Swiss-based clean-tech pioneer...
Abstract This research, developed in the framework of the SCARABEUS project, studies the off-design performance of transcritical power cycles running on C2-S2 mixtures in Concentrated Solar Power applications. The objective of this work is to identify optimum...
Abstract This paper proposes and builds the first megawatt thermal (MWth) class particle/supercritical carbon dioxide (sCO2) fluidized bed heat exchanger system for next generation concentrated solar power (CSP) plant. In this CSP plant, particles were chosen as the...
Abstract This paper aims to present a numerical study that aims to enhance the thermal efficiency of externally finned solar absorber tubes for use in the solar parabolic trough collector (SPTC). Compared to the internal finned tube, the external finned radiation...
Abstract: This paper concerns solar-to-thermal energy conversion processes in an open cavity volumetric receiver for a 50-MWth integrated beam-down receiver-storage concentrating solar thermal system. A multiphysical model was developed in a COMSOL Multiphysics 6.1...
In a comprehensive new study published in Applied Energy, researchers find that a new streamlined version of a star-shaped solar receiver can collect more thermal energy and last significantly longer than today’s cylindrical solar receivers used to collect heat in...
PowerChina Northwest / Energy China Northwest have won bidding to design two 350MW CSP projects This pair of 350MW CSP projects marks the beginning of the third generation of CSP technology in China. Each features three towers, with three solar fields and a central...
Researchers collaborating between ICV-CSIC in Spain and at the Odeillo solar furnace in France have devised a novel way to maximize thermal energy storage in Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) plants. They wanted to encapsulate the maximum amount of the molten salts used...
"Expanding the amount of energy that can be stored in sand is as simple as adding more sand" Craig Turchi, manager of the Thermal Energy Science and Technologies Research Group at NREL has said. In 2018, a team of researchers at the US National Renewable Energy...
Source: China Solar Thermal Alliance On May 28, the core equipment of the 100,000 kW (100 MW) thermal energy storage solar thermal project in Bortala by Xinhua Hydropower Company Limited, including the evaporator, steam drum, superheater, reheater, and preheater, was...
Abstract: High–temperature solar reactors, which directly heat particle materials, are one of the promising paths leading to more sustainable industrial processes. In case of controlled atmosphere processes, the presence of a window could strongly increase the system...
Abstract One objective for the 3rd Generation of Concentrating Solar Power technologies is to improve the efficiency of Central Tower, which is among the most promising solar concentration technologies. Central Tower Power Generation Plants are made up of hundreds of...
Abstract A new optimization method was proposed to design high-performance deformable petal heliostat fields for concentrated solar power. The petal field was divided into individual sectors, each separately designed to balance pattern orderliness and flexibility. A...
Abstract Falling particle receiver (FPR) systems are a rapidly developing technology for concentrating solar power applications. Solid particles are used as both the heat transfer fluid and system thermal energy storage media. Through the direct irradiation of the...
In 2018, three years after the completion of the second of two utility-scale tower-type Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) plants in the US, the Department of Energy (DOE) held a competition to decide the funding direction for the next generation of Tower CSP. To transfer...
Source: CSTA On the evening of May 10, the Tibet Zabuye 40MW CSP project, undertaken by Shandong Electric Power Construction Company No. 3, a CSTA member, achieved simultaneous heat storage and power generation with two sets of molten salt, signifying full operation....
Dear Colleagues, As the Conference Chair, it is my great pleasure to invite you to the 31st SolarPACES International Conference, which will be held in Almería, Spain, from September 23–26, 2025. Achieving full decarbonization of the energy sector, where two thirds of...
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