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
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US DOE announces $135 million industrial decarbonization awards
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...
Chile’s 2023 auction will incentivize dispatchable CSP
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...
Heliogen gets first solar thermal hydrogen customer: City of Lancaster, CA
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...
Rocks: The Unexpected Powerhouse of Sustainable Solar Energy Storage
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...
Spain now needs CSP for grid stability – study
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...
DOE announces 7 awards to cut heliostat costs
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...
Register for the 26th Cologne Solar Colloquium June 22
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...
SENER’s 110 MW of new Spanish CSP could start by year-end near its Gemasolar plant
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...
Solar reactor attains over 20% efficiency in hydrogen production
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,...
The EuroTrough helps China Shipbuilding’s 100 MW CSP project set record
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...
Power China’s 50 MW Gonghe Tower CSP has a record month
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...
Abstract Submission Period Extended to May 12 for SolarPACES 2023 Conference
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,...
100 MW CSP Tower operating in 700 MW DEWA project in Dubai
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...
China prioritizes CSP connection and dispatch in new rule
"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...
Two more Chinese pilot CSP projects report monthly generating records
CSP Focus reports via email (More Detail is available for CSP Focus Membership.) 619MWh Daily Generation - Power China Gonghe 50MW Tower CSP Project Recently, the news came from Power China Gonghe 50MW Molten Salt Tower CSP Project, after the single-day power...
ETH seeks Assistant Professor of Solar Energy Engineering (Tenure Track)
Assistant Professor (Tenure Track) of Solar Energy Engineering The Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering (www.mavt.ethz.ch) at ETH Zurich invites applications for the above-mentioned position. Successful applicants must demonstrate an excellent...
CSIRO’s Renewable Energy Storage Roadmap: CSP lowest cost
The CSIRO Renewable Energy Storage Roadmap identifies Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) as the lowest cost technology for long-duration renewable energy storage, among the storage technologies required to reach net zero in Australia. The CSIRO Renewable Energy Storage...
Women in CSP networking event on March 15 midday CET
First networking event of Women+ in Concentrated Solar Rebecca Mitchell works at NREL on algorithms to determine error of heliostats and she’s also creating a database on CSP education related materials. During the first networking event on March 9, 2023, she met with...
DOE seeks stakeholder R&D advice to advance solar fuels
Source: U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO) The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO) has issued a request for information (RFI) on the technology needs and cost targets for renewable fuels produced...
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