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View the 2021 SolarPACES Conference Program Now
The 27th SolarPACES conference is coming up on September 27 – October 01! We are excited to inform you that the program of this key event on Solar Power & Chemical Energy Systems is now available online. You will get excellent insight into the newest research and...
SolarPACES 2021 Registration Now Open
The online registration is now available on the conference website. As you know, SolarPACES 2021 will be our second online conference, held from September 27 - October 01, 2021. SolarPACES 2020 revealed the many benefits of being online, with more of us able to share...
Can a new kind of CSP be a game changer?
High temperature CSP with very long duration storage in Bauxite particles can top off the 100% renewable grid says Sandia lead solar researcher Cliff Ho
A Nanotech Cermet Coating is Just One of Many Gen3 CSP Innovations
Innovating new energy technologies is more akin to making a movie with a cast and crew of thousands than the stereotype of the one lone inventor in a garage coming up with the whole thing alone. An example is the US Department of Energy grant to try three different...
RFP to Demo Long Duration Energy Storage Innovations
[This "only pre-commercial" and "over 6 hours" storage RFP would favor thermal energy storage concepts currently near commercial readiness.] The New York State Energy Research & Development Authority (NYSERDA) is calling for project submissions to advance, develop...
Submit Papers on Solar Thermochemical Innovations to “Energies” Special Issue by Sept 1
The scientific journal 'Energies' is arranging a Special Issue on 'Solar Thermochemical Production of Material Commodities' with a deadline for submissions on 1 September, 2021. We, as guest editors, are pleased to invite you to submit high-quality unpublished...
Beam-Down Demos First Direct Solar Storage at 1/2 MWh Scale
What if the molten salts in the thermal energy storage tank could simply be heated directly by concentrated solar energy?
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Robert Pitz-Paal receives Energy Award from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Robert Pitz-Paal receives Energy Award from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Robert Pitz-Paal, director at the Institute of Solar Research of the German Aerospace Center, has been named the 2021 recipient of the Frank Kreith Energy...
Synhelion, Wood Advance 100% Solar Hydrogen
The ETH spin-off Synhelion is working on commercializing its very high-temperature solar thermochemical fuels (like jet fuel and hydrogen) and has already formed partnerships with several larger firms making cement or aviation fuel to advance step by step towards its...
New Deadline June 22nd for Abstract Submissions for SolarPACES 2021
SolarPACES 2021: Abstract Submission extended until 22 June! As we have received several requests to extend the deadline for abstract submission, we are providing an extension until Tuesday, June 22nd, 2021! Your scientific or technical abstract (PDF, max 2 pages)...
Bill Gates-backed CSP “Sunlight Refinery” Heliogen Raises $108 Million
HELIOGEN RAISES $108 MILLION TO ADVANCE NEW NON-INTERMITTENT RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGY FOR HEAT, POWER, AND GREEN HYDROGEN Two funding rounds accelerate global deployment of Heliogen’s breakthrough AI-assisted concentrated solar thermal technology Press Release:...
New DLR Study Answers All Your Questions About CSP & Solar Thermal
How does a solar thermal power plant work? How can solar thermal power plants contribute to security of supply? What role do solar thermal power plants play in an energy system based on renewable energy sources? What skills are required to build and operate solar...
Thermal Storage Test Milestone at the 700 MW DEWA CSP Plant
SHANGHAI, June 11, 2021 /PRNewswire Shanghai Electric announced positive results of the first molten salt tank hydro test for the Parabolic Trough Plant-II which forms part of the 1GW Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park in Dubai. The test was carried out on May...
How a Bank Resurrected SolarReserve’s Redstone CSP with ACWA Power
SolarPACES interviewed Bernard Geldenhuys, the Senior Transactor in the Power and Infrastructure team at Investec Bank, a lender with 8,300 employees that has been closely involved in the 100 MW Redstone solar power tower since 2018, when its delayed PPA was signed...
Chile Considers Converting 30 Coal Plants into “Carnot” Batteries
By 2050 Chile plans to be carbon neutral. A crucial part of that goal is the decarbonisation of its energy mix. To do this, all coal-fired power plants will stop operating by 2040. To deliver maximum benefit, two additional challenges must be met: replacing...
The Fastest Route to Commercialize Solar Hydrogen – is through Australian Copper Mines?
By making solar hydrogen as an industrial service for copper mining, the scale is established for mass production
How a DOE Solar Desalination Award Detoured an Oil Industry Startup’s Plan
Ten years as a patent attorney with Exxon Mobil initially predisposed Gary Katz to see purification of “produced water” at oil wells as the market for the off-grid desalination startup he founded and bootstrapped in 2016, aiming to use the industry’s own wasted gas it...
Sign Up for June 17th Cologne Solar Colloquium: Industrial Heat Technologies
The DLR Institute of Solar Research will focus in the 24th Cologne Solar Colloquium on solar process heat from low temperature to high temperature applications. Speakers from research and industry partners will present current usage, future perspectives and will...
SolarPACES 2021 – First Announcement and Call for Papers
SolarPACES 2021 – First Announcement and Call for Papers September 27 - October 1, 2021 SolarPACES (Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems) is pleased to announce the SolarPACES 2021 conference to be held from September 27 - October 1, 2021 as an online event....
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