China's solar increased by 33.7 % in the first quarter, while coal power increased at 1.8%. Solar now has a cumulative 430 GW online, almost half of China's cumulative total of coal power plants; 1,130 GW. The latest quarterly report by the China Electricity Council...
The project, which will be carried out by researchers from Fraunhofer Chile with support from the Crea y Valida Fund of the government agency CORFO, proposes to develop and validate a solar thermal concentration system, capable of reaching and maintaining temperatures...
𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝟰𝘁𝗵 𝗦𝗙𝗘𝗥𝗔-𝗜𝗜𝗜 𝗗𝗼𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝗾𝘂𝗶𝘂𝗺 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹 📅 11 – 15 September 2023 🔎 Focus topic summer school: Smart CSP: how smart tools, devices and software can help improve the design and operation of concentrating solar power technologies. 🗣 💻 DLR...
Solar hydrogen is a component of the thermochemical solar fuels that Synhelion is developing commercially, such as aviation fuel The solar thermal green hydrogen technology beginning to be commercialized by Synhelion has now received a nod from the US DOE with funding...
With 51% renewable energy, China's 50% renewable target for 2025 has been just met in 2023 BEIJING, June 12 (Reuters) - China's non-fossil fuel energy sources now exceed 50% of its total installed electricity generation capacity, state media outlet Xinhua said on...
Engineers tell Spain that only an annual CSP quota for solar thermal energy in the next auctions can achieve the goals the country has set for 2030
40 Projects Across 21 States Will Advance Technologies to Decarbonize American Industry and Help Create Good-Paying Jobs WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced $135 million for 40 projects that will reduce carbon pollution from the...
Major changes for Chile's next auction include incentives for energy storage and non-variable renewables like CSP, a splitting of the auction into three geographic zones (north, central, south), an increase in contract length to 20 years, and the possibility of...
Press Release: Heliogen Collaboration to decarbonize America’s “First Hydrogen City” through Heliogen’s patented breakthrough CST technology PASADENA, Calif. & LANCASTER, Calif. (June 6, 2023) —Heliogen, Inc. (“Heliogen”) (NYSE: HLGN), a leading provider of...
Source: Sci Tech Daily The future of sustainable energy storage might be found in commonplace materials such as rocks, specifically soapstone and granite, in combination with solar power, according to a study published in ACS Omega. The next generation of sustainable...
Despite a renewable capacity of 2.6 times peak demand, Spain's intermittent renewables do not provide grid needs for operating reserves and frequency stability, so they have not displaced conventional fossil technologies Source: EVWind Each MW of solar thermal power...
The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and Sandia National Laboratories, co-leads of the Heliostat Consortium, announced seven awardees from a request for proposals (RFP) aimed at achieving DOE’s goals for heliostat cost...
The upcoming Cologne Solar Colloquium will focus on the latest developments in "Condition Monitoring of Solar Systems". Our aim is to bring together industry specialists and researchers to explore crucial monitoring methods, tools, and techniques that can enhance the...
Solgest-1, the first new Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) project in Spain since 2013 could start construction by the end of 2023 The thermal energy storage of the Solgest-1 110 MW CSP will generate 1,900 MWh. The total 150 MW of solar energy will be a hybrid of CSP...
A new solar-radiation-concentrating device produces green hydrogen at a rate of more than 2 kilowatts while maintaining efficiencies above 20%. The pilot-scale device, which is already operational under real sunlight conditions, also produces usable heat and oxygen,...
Source: Helios CSP Built by China Shipbuilding New Power, and featuring the EuroTrough, China’s largest trough CSP plant achieves a record annual output China’s largest trough solar thermal power plant, located in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region, generated 330...
Source: CSPPlaza The daily output of Power China's` Gonghe 50MW tower solar thermal power plant hit a record high in a single month. Recently, the latest statistics of Gonghe 50MW solar thermal power station, Qinghai Branch of China Power Construction New Energy...
SolarPACES 2023: Abstract Submission Period Extended to May 12 In response to several requests, we have decided to extend the abstract submission period by one week to Friday, May 12, 2023. You are cordially invited to submit an abstract with a maximum of two pages,...
ACWA Power has announced the commercial operation of the world's tallest solar power tower at its Noor Energy 1 project in Dubai. The 100 MW central tower is part of the 950 MW solar Independent Power Project (IPP) that comprises 700 MW of CSP (600 MW of Trough and...
"The power grid company is requested to give priority support to the grid connection and dispatching of the base projects equipped with solar thermal power" says a new government planning document. Source: CSPPlaza China National Energy Administration issued the...
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