CSP News Briefs

Press release: Zurich, February 3, 2026 Eberhard Bau AG, a leading Swiss construction company, has signed a long-term offtake agreement for solar diesel with cleantech company Synhelion. Starting in 2027, Eberhard will purchase renewable diesel to reduce the CO₂...

Source: China Solar thermal Alliance On November 28, 2025, the China Renewable Energy Society (CRES) announced the list of winners of 2025 CRES Science and Technology Awards, including 10 first prize winners, 12 second prize winners, 13 third prize winners, 1 Science...

Source: China Solar Thermal Alliance: Blue Book 2025 In 2025, China connected 9 new CSP plants to the grid, with a total installed capacity of 900 MW. By the end of 2025, China had built 27 CSP plants/systems, with a cumulative installed capacity of 1738.2 MW...

DUBAI, January 26, 2026 — GlassPoint, the leader in solar industrial process heat, today announced it has closed a $20M funding round led by N.I.S. New Investment Solutions, a Liechtenstein-based asset management firm, with participation from returning investor MIG...

According to incomplete statistics from CSPPLAZA, a total of 12 important tenders across 11 CSP/molten salt thermal storage-related projects were completed in December 2025. December 2025 saw significant progress in both concentrated solar power (CSP) and molten salt...

BEIJING, Dec. 23 (Xinhua) -- China unveiled a policy roadmap on Tuesday to accelerate solar thermal power development, targeting around 15 gigawatts (GW) of installed capacity by 2030, with costs broadly comparable to coal-fired power. The guideline, jointly issued by...

Press Release Zurich, December 16, 2025 Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) and Swiss cleantech company Synhelion have signed a long-term offtake agreement for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). From 2027, SWISS will purchase at least 200 tons of solar jet fuel from...

Dr.-Ing. Wei Wu (born 1983) is the founder and managing director of Heatrix, a Bremen-based startup that she co-established with her co-founder, Dr.-Ing. Stefan Gasow-Lux. With a degree in aerospace engineering from the University of Stuttgart and a doctorate in...

Source: China Solar Thermal Alliance On September 18, the 100 MW CSP plant of the CTGR Hami 1 GW "CSP + PV" integrated demonstration project—general-contracted by Northwest Electric Power Design Institute Co., LTD, of China Power Engineering Consulting Group（CPECC...

CSTA presents its photo contest prizewinners for Fall 2024 and Spring 2025 and welcomes entries for their 3rd photo contest Like to enter your own photographs of CSP projects? Although these initial entries were of CSP in China, CSTA emphasizes that they would like to...

Source: Press release: According to the latest updates from the project site, from August 13 to August 15, the Jinta Zhongguang Solar 'CSP + PV' Pilot Project 100MW CSP Project (‘Project’) operated continuously for three days, with an average daily generation...

Source: Press release SYDNEY, Australia, August 11, 2025 – Vast Renewables (“Vast” or the “Company”), a leading Australian clean energy technology company, today announced that it has secured new funding from existing shareholders and launched a capital raise to...

Source: Hagerty A 1985 Audi Sport Quattro has become the first car in the world to run a new solar gasoline, developed by Synhelion. The Swiss company put the Quattro through its paces on the famous Furka Pass, where a sinewy sequence of curves reaches a height of...

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...

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...

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...

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....

Source ESPLAZA May 9, 2025 The Three Gorges Renewables 100MW CSP Tower project in Golmud, Qinghai Province has successfully tested its connection to the grid. The project achieved stable full-system operation with a six-hour continuous load test, marking the...

Source: Wired The European Commission has launched a new initiative to attract researchers and scientists to the European Union—especially those from the United States. The Choose Europe for Science program, backed with more than half a billion dollars, is designed to...