Full-size image Abstract: In the evolving landscape of sustainable energy solutions, the approach of two-step solar thermochemical cycles assumes a position of paramount importance. Metal oxide oxygen carriers, integral to the functioning of these cycles, play a...
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SolarPACES Conference 2024 Rome – First Announcement and Call for Abstracts by April 26
SolarPACES 2024 First Announcement SolarPACES (Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems) is pleased to announce the 2024 Conference to be held from October 8-11, 2024, in Rome, Italy. SolarPACES is the premier international network advancing research, development, and...
Women in Concentrated Solar Network Event 14th March
Contact us here for more info https://www.solarpaces.org/women-in-concentrated-solar-opens-mentorship-program/ https://www.solarpaces.org/womenincsp
Over 50% of India’s renewables tender to be concentrated solar thermal
India has carved out an unprecedented percentage to come from concentrated solar thermal technologies in its planned renewables tender this year; over 50%. The news of the tender attracted the world’s key CSP developers and stakeholders to the International Conference...
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...
Over 90% efficient energy storage improved by flowing heat round two pebble layers
An over 90% efficient thermal storage technology from KTH gets further refinements Energy storage will become essential to fully replace fossil fuels for industrial heat and the electric grid. Batteries are a cost-effective solution when electricity is needed as an...
Published at Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research – Solar Thermochemical Production of Syngas from H2O and CO2─Experimental Parametric Study, Control, and Automation
Abstract: We report on an experimental parametric study performed on a modular and fully automated solar fuel system for the solar-driven thermochemical splitting of CO2 and H2O. Concentrated solar energy is used as the source of high-temperature process heat for...
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...
DOE’s $30 million funding to advance solar fuels from concentrated solar
Solar Energy Technologies Office The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO) announced its intent to fund the Concentrating Solar Flux to Heat and Power funding opportunity, which will award up to $30 million for innovative projects...
Published at Applied Energy – A review of solar thermochemical cycles for fuel production
Abstract: Solar-driven CO2/H2O splitting via a two-step solar thermochemical cycle is a promising approach for fuel production and carbon neutrality to address the intermittent instability and low energy density of solar energy while taking advantage of its clean and...
Do you want to be part of the Thermal Storage Working Group of SolarPACES?
In the last Task III meeting in Sydney, four topics were identified to have enough interest within the audience to launch a specific activity under the SolarPACES task III umbrella. If your country is a SolarPACES country and you are willing to participate, please,...
Aalborg CSP seeks a Project Engineer in Spain
Due to an increased order intake, we are looking to for a dedicated and highly organized candidate to join our team in Seville, Spain as a Project Engineer. The successful candidate will, under supervision of a Project Manager, contribute to EU projects...
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...
China Solar Thermal Alliance has published the Blue Book of China’s Concentrating Solar Power Industry in 2023
The 2023 edition of China's very detailed Blue Book updates the current status of China's CSP development, with the enabling legislation listed by month and by province, and provides all the details of the operation of the eight CSP projects completed by the end of...
Work in Concentrated Solar Research and Development
February 2024 (All offers in first week) CALL FOR THE HIRING OF A PROJECT MANAGER JUNIOR FOR EU-SOLARIS ERIC The offered position will be mainly concerned with the management of the Central Hub but also is expected to give managerial & technical support in the...
International ZOOM Conference on Solar Thermal Technologies Hosted by India’s NTPC DGM Rajan Varshney
With India's biggest utility NTPC about to launch a major CSP tender, this is a not-to-be missed conference! Time and Date: Feb 12-13, 2024 10:00 AM - 8:30 PM (India time: find yours here) Join Zoom Meeting https://lnkd.in/gS7fGhXw Meeting ID: 810 4317 8841 Passcode:...
DLR Research Position: Recycling potential of production units for solar fuels
PhD process engineering, chemical engineering, environmental engineering or similar (f/m/x) Starting date immediately Duration of contract 3 years Remuneration up to German TVöD 13 Type of employment Part-time The vision of the DLR Institute for Future Fuels is to...
Published at Renewable Energy – The performance evaluation of the free-falling particle solar receiver with a novel zigzag mass-flow controlled particle release pattern
Abstract: A free-falling particle receiver is a promising technology to be used in concentrating solar power plants. In this study, an optical-thermal coupled model is established by combining a Monte Carlo ray-tracing method with a finite volume method to simulate...
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...
A solar sulphur cycle to make unlimited thermal energy storage
How a breakthrough solar thermochemistry process that uses direct solar heat to cycle between sulphur and sulphuric acid would generate "virtually unlimited" seasonal thermal energy storage Researchers are now refining a groundbreaking long-duration thermal energy...
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