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Recent Journal Publications

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  • Published at Energy – Integrated design of solar concentrator and thermochemical reactor guided by optimal solar radiation distribution 2 Jun 2023
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  • Strategic co-doping of ceria for improved oxidation kinetics in solar thermochemical fuel production
    Published at Materials Today Energy – Strategic co-doping of ceria for improved oxidation kinetics in solar thermochemical fuel production 22 May 2023
  • Design of a multi-inlet solar thermochemical reactor for steam methane reforming with improved performance
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  • A novel high-efficiency solar thermochemical cycle for fuel production based on chemical-looping cycle oxygen removal
    Published at Applied Energy – A novel high-efficiency solar thermochemical cycle for fuel production based on chemical-looping cycle oxygen removal 19 May 2023
  • Compositionally Complex Perovskite Oxides for Solar Thermochemical Water Splitting
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  • Auction failure curtails CSP in Spain’s Ecological Transition 19 Nov 2022
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  • Abengoa wins Solar Project of the Year award for 600 MW trough CSP at NOOR 4 Oct 2022
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  • Three Gorges Seeks EPC Bids for 200 MW of CSP Under 5 cents/kWh 14 Jun 2022
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  • ATA Webinar: Capitalize on the Coming US Grid Storage Boom 13 May 2022
  • NREL scientists advance solar thermo-chemical hydrogen (STCH) production 8 May 2022
  • US DOE: Submit Abstracts by May 6 for SolarPACES 2022 29 Apr 2022
  • China’s CSP at Hami Expected to be 250 MW by 2025 28 Mar 2022
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  • Vast Solar Consortium Patents Flexitank; Prevents Thermal Storage Leaks 9 Dec 2021
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  • March 1 Deadline for Sandia R&D Funding Awards for CSP Technologies 20 Feb 2021
  • EuroTrough Helped Cut Ramp-Up Time of China’s 100 MW Urat CSP
 16 Feb 2021
  • Botswana is Now Looking for Bids to Build 200 MW of CSP 22 Jan 2021
  • Long-duration Thermal Energy Storage Startup Azelio Wins First Commercial Order 28 Dec 2020
  • Saudi Government Raises Ownership to Half of Global Solar Leader ACWA Power 3 Dec 2020
  • Bokpoort Breaks a Solar Record – CSP Operating Round the Clock 13 Days: 28 Oct 2020
  • Nov 5 Webinar: Abengoa on Retrofitting CSP Plants for Intermittent Renewable Energy Storage 27 Oct 2020
  • ATA Insights Webinar | CSP from Dusk to Dawn: Blueprint for 200 MW Tower 26 Oct 2020
  • US DOE Announces Quarterfinalists in $9 Million Solar Desalination Prize 19 Oct 2020
  • ACWA Power’s Bokpoort Sets New Production Record as South African Load-shedding Persists 10 Sep 2020
  • Solar Heat for Cleaning Wastewater and Recovering Clean Water 1 Sep 2020
  • SolarPACES Award Winner Vast Solar Plans a 50MW 24/7 Australian Solar Project 24 Jul 2020
  • China Wins First CSP for Hydro-Rich Zambia as Drought Increases 22 Jul 2020
  • ATA Webinar July 30: The Present and Future of CSP and Thermal Storage from the European Perspective 20 Jul 2020
  • IEA Clean Energy Transitions Summit Convenes 80% of Global Emitters Online July 9th CEST 8 Jul 2020
  • World’s First Utility-Scale Molten Salt Fresnel CSP Plant Connects to China’s Grid 30 Jun 2020
  • Spain’s First CSP to Get Novel Thermal+Electric Storage Retrofit 17 Jun 2020
  • Switzerland’s International Airport to Buy Synhelion’s First Solar Fuel 28 May 2020
  • Applications Open for US DOE $9 Million Solar Thermal Desalination Prize 29 Apr 2020
  • COVID Pandemic Announcement: SolarPACES Conference 27 Apr 2020
  • California Looks for Long-Duration Renewable Energy Storage Contracts for 2026 12 Apr 2020
  • Online Conference April 1-2: World Bank MENA Concentrating Solar for Power and Heat  17 Mar 2020
  • Generation from Spain’s Existing 2.3 GW of CSP Showing Steady Annual Increases 3 Mar 2020
  • China’s Supcon Achieves Over 105% of Projected Output in 24/7 Solar 28 Feb 2020
  • Concentrated Solar Heat to Desalinate Seawater at Saudi Neom City 16 Feb 2020
  • Real-Time Sky Imaging Cameras to Speed Up CSP Response Time 24 Jan 2020
  • Sener Offers to Expand its CSP as South Africa’s Coal Plant Blackouts Continue 18 Dec 2019
  • Evening Peak Solar CSP Projected to Undercut Gas in Chile’s Open Auctions 28 Nov 2019
  • Bill Gates Funds A Second Concentrated Solar Thermal Startup: Heliogen 19 Nov 2019
  • Got Ideas on How to Commercialize sCO2 With CSP? Tell Uncle Sam 12 Nov 2019
  • US Lists $30 Million in 2019 CSP Research Awards 7 Nov 2019
  • Logistics Firm Chooses Solar for Steam Washing at Port of Antwerp 30 Oct 2019
  • China Connects Luneng, its 5th CSP Project in Climate Push 22 Sep 2019
  • Supcon Just Connected 50 MW of Tower CSP to China’s Grid at Record Speed 20 Sep 2019
  • Morocco’s Ourazazate Noor III CSP Tower Exceeds Performance Targets 27 May 2019
  • China to Finance and Shanghai Electric to Build CSP for ACWA Power’s 950MW Dubai Solar Plant 24 Apr 2019
  • May 7 Deadline for DOE $33 Million for CSP R&D in Storage, Manufacturing and Autonomous Technologies 10 Apr 2019
  • South Africa OKs Start-up of SENER’s Day-to-Night Solar Thermal Energy: Ilanga-1 6 Dec 2018
  • First-Ever Conference on the Role of CSP in Decarbonising the Mediterranean and Middle East: Cyprus and Online 21 Nov 2018
  • Glasspoint Signs up 2nd Oman Solar EOR Project at Twice the Size: 2 GWth 13 Nov 2018
  • IEA: China Overtaking US in Concentrated Solar Power by 2023 18 Oct 2018
  • China’s First Commercial CSP Project Has Begun Operation 11 Oct 2018
  • Final Testing for 150 MW Noor III Tower CSP 26 Sep 2018
  • ARPA-E Awardees Aim to Store Energy for up to 4 Days 19 Sep 2018
  • SolarReserve’s Aurora Solar Project Signs MOU for 13,000 Aussie Heliostats 18 Sep 2018
  • Q&A on Chile’s CSP Lessons Learned: Carlos Arenas Coronil 6 Sep 2018
  • Salt Melting Starts at SENER’s Kathu Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) Project in South Africa 3 Aug 2018
  • China’s First Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) Has Connected to the Grid 3 Jul 2018
  • Noor III 150 MW Tower CSP starts Commissioning in Morocco 7 Jun 2018
  • China to Extend Deadline for Late CSP Demos – But Add Penalty 25 May 2018
  • Chile’s 210 MW Cerro Dominador CSP-PV Project Signs Financing 19 May 2018
  • Morocco Predicts Price Drop at Midelt CSP-PV Hybrid 18 May 2018
  • SolarReserve Seeks Permit to Add 70MW PV to Aurora CSP 10 May 2018
  • Abengoa Awarded Two New CSP Projects in China 10 May 2018
  • Marrakesh Conference Presented Solutions for Reducing Water Use in CSP 27 Apr 2018
  • IEA CO2 Report – Renewables Meet 25% of Global Demand Growth 14 Apr 2018
  • Redstone CSP Contract Signed After 2-Year Delay 4 Apr 2018
  • Here are the Solar Fuels Captured CO2 Emissions Will Make 30 Mar 2018
  • US Clean Energy R&D Gets Biggest Funding Increase Since 2009 25 Mar 2018
  • Libya is Latest MENA nation to Plan CSP 21 Mar 2018
  • SolarReserve Splitting Aurora’s Transmission Cost with Aussie Mining Co. 9 Mar 2018
  • Steps for Solar Resource Assessment in CSP Projects: China 9 Mar 2018
  • ContourGlobal Buying Acciona’s CSP in Spain for €1.09 billion 1 Mar 2018
  • Kathu CSP Plant Successfully Connected to South Africa’s Grid 1 Mar 2018
  • Glasspoint Inaugurates First Four Units of Miraah in Oman 14 Feb 2018
  • China Plans 2 GW CSP Plant in Mongolia 8 Feb 2018
  • CSP Capacity Grew 2% to 5.13 GW in 2017 8 Feb 2018
  • ACWA Power Ready for $1 Billion IPO 28 Jan 2018
  • Natixis: Open Auctions, Market Confidence Driving CSP Price Records 28 Jan 2018
  • IRENA Report 2017 Notes CSP’s “Spectacular” Cost Reductions 20 Jan 2018
  • Morocco’s Noor II Begins Synchronization to Grid 14 Jan 2018
  • IMAGE CREDIT: SENER Ouarzazate will be the largest CSP complex in the world upon completion
    CSP puts end to Morocco electricity blackouts 11 Jan 2018
  • SolarReserve CSP plant for Port Augusta
    SolarReserve Achieves Key Milestone in Development of South Australia’s First Solar Thermal Power Station 10 Jan 2018
  • ARENA seeks solar hydrogen research to fund
    Australia Seeking Solar Hydrogen Research to Fund 8 Jan 2018
  • TuNur Applied to Export CSP to EU at 8.73 Cents 29 Dec 2017
  • ATA’s New Webinar on Morocco’s Solar Opportunities Jan 22 22 Dec 2017
  • Study Finds Permit-friendly CSP Sites in California Wastelands 20 Dec 2017
  • Abengoa’s Xina Completes First Three Months in South Africa 19 Dec 2017
  • Redstone contract to be signed next week says ACWA Power's Nandu Bhula.jpg
    Eskom to Sign Long-delayed Redstone CSP “in Next Week” 14 Dec 2017
  • New Solar Thermal Energy Storage Idea Wins 2017 PowerUp! Competition 12 Dec 2017
  • Bokpoort Breaks A Solar Thermal Energy Production Record 7 Dec 2017
  • Solar reactor uses solar thermal energy to split water to hydrogen
    World’s Largest Solar Reactor Will Split H2O into Hydrogen 6 Dec 2017
  • Could Transmission in Railroad Corridors Enable More US CSP? 5 Dec 2017
  • Oil Industry Survey Finds GlassPoint Style Solar Thermal Steam is Only Future for EOR 2 Dec 2017
  • Experts Predict More CSP Under 5 Cents in 2018 2 Dec 2017
  • Siemens Trials Thermal Storage in Rocks for Wind Power 30 Nov 2017
  • DOE Solar Desalination Concept Funding Deadline December 4 30 Nov 2017
  • Power China Awards EPC Bid to SUPCON for 50 MW Tower CSP 24 Nov 2017
  • KaXu Solar One Recognized in UN Climate Change Award at COP23 21 Nov 2017
  • DLR Researchers Commission High Temperature Receiver with Ceramic Particle Storage 14 Nov 2017
  • Splitting Water to Hydrogen using 10,000 “Suns” of Concentrated Solar Power 13 Nov 2017
  • Namibia’s Outstanding CSP Potential Could “Light up Southern Africa” 12 Nov 2017
  • IEA: Dramatic Drop in Fossil Fuel Investment Since 2014 9 Nov 2017
  • Upcoming ATA Webinar: Solar for commercial and industrial (C&I) heat 8 Nov 2017
  • Glasspoint starts up 1 GW Solar Thermal EOR on Time and on Budget 3 Nov 2017
  • Xina Solar One CSP plant completes first month of operation 1 Nov 2017
  • 38 Bids From 24 Energy Firms in Chile’s Energy Auctions 29 Oct 2017
  • SolarReserve Bids CSP Under 5 Cents in Chilean Auction 29 Oct 2017
  • Will Molten Salt Outdo Batteries for Grid-Tied Storage? 28 Oct 2017
  • Huge Jump in CSP Projects for the MENA Region 27 Oct 2017
  • New Fractal CSP Receivers Absorb Sunlight Better 25 Oct 2017
  • Ghana to Tap its Abundant Solar Thermal Energy Potential 24 Oct 2017
  • New Chance for US CSP? California Outlaws Gas-Fired Peaker Plants 13 Oct 2017
  • Solar Thermal Molten Salt Storage Among Bids into Queensland Storage Tender 12 Oct 2017
  • How we Talk About Climate Change Matters 3 Oct 2017
  • New Solar Collector Design Aims to Bring CSP Costs to Record Lows 3 Oct 2017
  • Abengoa in Positive Financial Shape After Restructuring 1 Oct 2017
  • How ACWA Bid Record Low Cost CSP in Dubai 22 Sep 2017
  • Dispatchable Solar CSP Broke Price Records in 2017 21 Sep 2017
  • ACWA Power / Shanghai Power Win Dubai Solar Auction with 7.3 Cents CSP 16 Sep 2017
  • China’s Shouhang and CNLNPC to Invest $2.3 Billion (USD) in CSP 15 Sep 2017
  • China Releases Shortlist for 1st 20 Demo CSP Projects 13 Sep 2017
  • SunShot Focuses $62 Million on CSP Cost Reduction 12 Sep 2017
  • China’s First Commercial CSP Project at 50 MW Begins Test Run 12 Sep 2017
  • SunShot to Fund Solar Thermal Desalination Research 11 Sep 2017
  • South Africa’s Reneged Renewable Contracts to Lead to Lawsuits 10 Sep 2017
  • TuNur Revives Sahara-Europe CSP Export Idea 7 Sep 2017


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