Round II of Sun-to-Liquid is launched: This initiative will demonstrate the scalability and high efficiency of producing sustainable synthetic fuel from CO2, water, and sunlight. Synhelion is one of the industry partners for the project, providing the expertise for...
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Solar fuels efficiency increase from MIT – use multiple reactors
The system as a whole resembles a train of box-shaped reactors running on a circular track. In practice, this track would be set around the solar thermal source. MIT engineers aim to produce totally green, carbon-free hydrogen fuel with a new, train-like system of...
US DOE announces nine heliostat prize semi-finalists
The American-Made Heliostat Prize is a $3 million competition designed to accelerate technology innovation through the design, development, and demonstration of key components of heliostats. Heliostats are devices that tilt mirrors to track the sun and reflect...
Future-oriented climate planning led to China prioritizing CSP
Recently, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment issued the first batch of methodologies for four voluntary greenhouse gas emission reduction projects: afforestation carbon sequestration, grid-connected solar thermal power generation, grid-connected offshore wind...
Join: EuroPaTMoS webinar on molten salt with parabolic trough – Nov 8
Join the EuroPaTMoS (European Parabolic Trough with Molten Salt) European Research Project Webinar: Advancements in Molten Salt for Concentrated Solar Power Systems: We are excited to invite you to an enlightening webinar presenting the outcomes of the EuroPaTMoS...
EuroTrough chosen for China’s latest CSP in Tibet
The EuroTrough technology, developed by sbp sonne, has been selected for China's newest CSP power plant in Tibet. sbp sonne will provide the technology and engineering service for this challenging site at an elevation of 4,500 meters in the Tibet Autonomous Region of...
Fifty new concentrated solar inventors take SFERA summer school
At the 4th SFERA-III Doctoral Colloquium and Summer School, around fifty young researchers from all over the world met in Cologne from 11 to 15 September 2023. 🎓 Doctoral students from the Institute of Solar Research and the Institute of Future Fuels exchanged...
Saudi factory to mass-produce Glasspoint’s solar steam technology
A factory in Saudi Arabia will mass-produce GlassPoint’s innovative solar troughs that generate direct steam for industrial decarbonization
Chilean President to visit Cosin Solar CSP project in China
The President of Chile, Gabriel Boric, together with his entourage and a delegation of businessmen from the energy sector, will visit the Chinese CSP plant with the highest production in the world, according to H2 News. President Boric, accompanied by representatives...
Black coating mimicking sea corals wins SolarPACES 2023 innovation award
Smiles abound at SolarPACES 2023 where the engineers behind a record-setting solar energy coating received the Technology Innovation Award. From L to R: PhD candidate Yifan Guo, Dr Juan Felipe Torres, Dr Joe Coventry, Kaoru Tsuda, CEO of Nano Frontier Technology, and...
Concentrated solar increases industrial steam market share
Industries using solar to supply steam or heat for industrial processes are increasingly selecting concentrated solar
Kuwait’s RFP for 200 MW of CSP has begun
[See SolarPACES-NREL full technical details of Kuwait's first CSP project 50 MW of Trough CSP] Kuwait is set to advance its long-awaited 4-gigawatt (GW) Shagaya solar power project, with the Request for Qualification (RFQ) for various phases scheduled for release by...
DEWA 700 MW CSP project caps 200 MW more Trough
Dubai, UAE: Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has commissioned the second 200 megawatt (MW) unit of the parabolic trough complex in the 4th phase of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park. The first parabolic trough unit and the Tower CSP project are...
Cosin Solar now supplies 1 GW of China’s tower CSP
Press Release: Cosin Solar Sealing One More Deal, Cosin Solar’s Total Tower CSP Projects Hit 1GW! Cosin Solar Technology Co., Ltd. (“Cosin Solar”) and State Power Investment Shandong Electric Power Engineering Consulting Institute Co., Ltd. (“SDEPCI”) signed the...
China to build 100 MW of tower CSP in Tibet
Total capacity of solar: The project has an overall planned installed capacity of 650MW, including a 100MW thermal storage solar thermal power generation project and a 550MW photovoltaic power generation project. The project will be constructed in two phases, with the...
$30 million in DOE funding for solar thermal fuel, heat, or storage
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO) announced the Solar-thermal Fuels and Thermal Energy Storage Via Concentrated Solar-thermal Energy funding opportunity, which will award $30 million for projects to produce fuels via renewable...
Women in Concentrated Solar opens mentorship program
Do you want to become a mentor? Women+ in Concentrated Solar is starting a mentorship program for women and other underrepresented genders in the concentrated solar sector, to help our mentees grow as professionals. In a first step, we are looking for mentors (all...
Solar hydrogen testing begins at CSIRO conference tour site
Tests are underway on a cutting edge renewable hydrogen technology that is being backed by iron-ore billionaire Andrew Forrest to deliver a cheaper and more scalable way to produce the zero emissions fuel using concentrated sunlight.
Egypt launches a solar desalination tender for five CSP projects
According to Fady Elsayed Senior Project Development Manager, Southern Africa, at Infinity Power, the Egyptian Government has launched a tender for five concentrated solar power plants on the north coast: "The Egyptian Electricity Holding Company (EEHC) has launched a...
Cosin wins bid for new 200 MW Chinese CSP storage/solar field
Press Release: Cosin wins 200 MW bid for solar field and MSR system On September 7, we received the "Notification of Award" from CGN China Nuclear Power Engineering Co., Ltd., confirming that Cosin Solar has won the contract for Solar Field and MSR Systems equipment...
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