We are pleased to share that this year the "𝗢𝘂𝘁𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗣𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱" from the ASME (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers) goes to a team at our institute! This was announced during the 18th International hashtag#Conference on Energy Sustainability in Anaheim,...
CSP News Briefs
Completed! Redstone Tower CSP project in South Africa is online
[Ed: Finally, the Redstone Tower CSP in South Africa is completed!The California start-up SolarReserve had initially developed the project in 2014, competing during the early years of South Africa's CSP push, but it was delayed time after time by South Africa's...
CSP solar field workforce development funded with $3 million among 6 heliostat projects
Successful Projects Will help lower cost of CSP and support the next generation of highly trained solar field workers Heliostats, the large mirrors that track the sun to reflect and direct its rays to heat a solar receiver— are critical for efficient, cost-effective...
DOE announces CST winners of $33 million for industrial decarbonization
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY ANNOUNCES $33 MILLION TO DEPLOY SOLAR TECHNOLOGIES TO DECARBONIZE AMERICA’S INDUSTRIAL SECTOR Nine Projects Across Seven States Will Support Solar-Powered Production of Hydrogen and Lower Emissions from the Aviation, Food and Beverage, and...
China’s Three Gorges has begun commissioning their dual-tower CSP project
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqOsbioyCmM Located in Guazhou County of northwest China's Gansu Province, a novel dual tower/ dual solar field concentrated solar power (CSP) plant has started commissioning and testing and is expected to officially generate power by...
Cosin Solar wins 100 MW CSP project bid for Luneng Fukang
[Ed: Previously, Cosin Solar won the bid to supply the solar field of heliostats and the associated molten solar receiver system. With this week's news, they have now won the bid for the entire 100 MW Luneng Fukang CSP project] Source: Cosin Solar Press Release On...
World’s first solar jet fuel plant inaugurated by Synhelion
Press Release: Jülich, Germany, June 20, 2024 Today Synhelion inaugurated the world’s first industrial-scale plant to produce synthetic fuels using solar heat in Jülich. By inaugurating DAWN, Synhelion proves that the technology to produce solar fuels is ready for...
Synhelion partnering with Pilatus to scale its solar fuel
Press Release: Pilatus and Synhelion are about to launch a strategic cooperation aimed at accelerating the scaling of solar fuels for the aviation industry. Pilatus intends to use Synhelion’s solar fuels for its own operations and also offer them to its own customers...
With China’s latest awarded bid, Cosin’s CSP pipeline reaches 1,360 MW
News Source: Cosin Solar On April 22, 2024, we received the "Notification of Award" from Shandong Luneng Three Public Bidding Co., LTD., confirming that Cosin Solar won the bid for the solar field and MSR system equipment supply of the 100MW CSP part of the Luneng...
AUSTELA calls for hybrid contracts to recognise generation and storage capabilities of CSP as part of CIS consultation response
Source: PV Magazine The Australian Solar Thermal Energy Association (AUSTELA) has outlined changes that will be critical to attract long-duration dispatchable capacity into the National Electricity Market, in its response to a consultation on the Implementation Design...
Power China has begun construction of the world’s only 200MW Tower CSP
In something of an experiment, Power China Northwest is building their new Tower CSP in western Haixi at 200 MW - twice the normal 100 MW. News source: China Solar Thermal Alliance Northwest Engineering Corporation Limited (POWERCHINA NORTHWEST) announced that the...
German industries to be paid to switch to low-carbon processes via CCfDs
News source: Hydrogen Insight Industrial users can bid for subsidies to switch to green H2 or other low-emissions technology Germany’s government has launched the first €4bn ($4.4bn) bidding round of its estimated €50bn Carbon Contracts for Difference (CCfD)...
India to issue a tender for a 500-MW concentrated solar-thermal power project
News Source: Economic Times/Energy World The tender was announced by the Chairman and Managing Director R P Gupta of the Indian state-owned Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI). Probable locations for the project development will be Gujarat, Rajasthan, or Andhra...
Spain, one of the most attractive countries to develop thermal storage
News Source: El Periodico de la Energia It is estimated that by 2030, these technologies could electrify up to 8% of current global gas consumption, which would translate into a 2% reduction in global greenhouse gas emissions. In a world increasingly aware of the...
Vast secures $40 million to build its solar fuel plant at Port Augusta to supply green methanol for shipping
News Source: RenewEconomy The developers of a solar thermal powered methanol production facility that will supply green fuel for shipping and aviation have bedded down $A40 million in funding deals that will underpin construction of the Port Augusta plant, known as...
Japan to pay 15 years cost difference to birth green hydrogen technologies
[CfD or Contracts-for-Difference subsidies pay the difference between an entrenched energy technology and a newly developing one to bring down those costs till it has scaled-up. CfD policies in the UK for its first decade of offshore wind jumpstarted widespread...
SolarPACES 2022 Conference Proceedings published Open Access
SolarPACES 2022: Proceedings are being published Dear participants of the SolarPACES 2022 conference, We are delighted to announce the release of the SolarPACES 2022 conference proceedings on the TIB platform. Please be aware that the papers are being published...
Cosin begins heliostat assembly for 2 of 3 100MW Xinjiang tower CSP projects
Press Release: Cosin Solar On January 24, the first set of heliostats for the 100MW CT CSP project of the POWERCHINA Turpan Tuokexun CSP + PV Hybrid Project, being constructed by Cosin Solar, was successfully assembled. The project, located in Tuokexun County, Turpan...
Nordic Green Bank lends Kyoto Group EUR 4 million for Heatcube thermal storage
Press Release:Nefco Nefco – the Nordic Green Bank – has signed a loan agreement with Kyoto Group AS, a Norwegian company that has developed a heat storage technology based on molten salt. The EUR 4 million investment will support the international scale-up of Kyoto...
RFI by Feb 20: Supercritical Carbon Dioxide-Based Turbomachinery for Concentrating Solar-Thermal Power Plants
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO) issued a request for information (RFI) to better understand the opportunities to deploy supercritical carbon dioxide (sCO2) based turbomachinery for concentrating solar-thermal power (CSP)...
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