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...
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...
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...
Source: Synhelion Liquid fuels remain indispensable for long-haul transportation in aviation, shipping, and heavy-duty road freight, because of their unmatched energy density. Today, fossil fuels power global transportation, accounting for roughly 15% of worldwide...
CSTA April 6, 2026: CGN has broken ground on the 50 MW concentrated solar power (CSP) project at Wumatang township in Dangxiong County near Lhasa, Tibet. At about 4,550 meters above sea level, it will be the highest‑altitude parabolic trough CSP plant in the world....
Source: CSTA With warmer weather, excavation work begun in December, resumed at SUPCON Solar's 350MW concentrated solar power (CSP) project in Delingha, Qinghai Province. Foundation excavation for the first of its three solar receiver towers is now complete....
Source: Jennifer Zhang, Editor in Chief ESPLAZA and CSPPlaza at LinkedIn The Wustong CSP + PV Hybrid Project in Tokson County, Turpan City, is one of the key market-oriented renewable energy projects approved in the second batch of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in...
A major energy storage plant in China incorporates a 2,000MWht molten salt thermal energy storage system Source ESPlaza: Construction activity is ramping up at the steam supply station of CNNC HuiNeng’s 1.6GW clean energy support project in Jinta County, Gansu...
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 COâ‚‚...
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 Blue Book 2025 in Chinese Blue Book 2025 in English: China CSP Blue Book 2025 Full list/map of China's CSP to date: 2026 In 2025, China connected 9 new CSP plants to the grid, with a total installed capacity of 900...
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 2025Â 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...
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