Luneng’s 50 Megawatt (MW) tower CSP project with 12 hours of thermal energy storage (in molten salts) connected to the Chinese grid on September 20th
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Supcon Just Connected 50 MW of Tower CSP to China’s Grid at Record Speed
Supcon has completed its second CSP Tower project, the 50 MW Gonghe project at record speed – just under a year and a half
Q&A: How Risk Mitigation Finance Can Cut CSP Costs
Cutting risk in financing will be the next key to further cut CSP costs, according to the author of Non-recourse project financing for concentrated solar thermal power published in the journal Utilities Policy. Dr. Steven Geroe teaches Energy and Environmental Law and...
Could China’s Global Grid Idea Help Grow CSP?
China has an ambitious proposal for a global HVDC grid to transfer renewable energy throughout the world. Interconnected regional electricity networks would be connected to a backbone of HVDC lines that would become a globe-spanning super grid by 2050. Advancing the...
China to Finance and Shanghai Electric to Build CSP for ACWA Power’s 950MW Dubai Solar Plant
EPC Contract with Shanghai Electric to Develop 700 MW DEWA CSP Project Signed in China ACWA Power Apr 15, 2018 DEWA and ACWA Power, in collaboration with Shanghai Electric, will undertake the 700 MW CSP portion of the 950 MW solar project in Dubai. Together with 250...
Shouhang and EDF to Test s-CO2 Cycle in Concentrated Solar Power
China could be the first to deploy s-CO2 in CSP The world’s initial Concentrated SolarPower (CSP) plants continue to use the legacy steam cycles of conventional thermal plants. But steam cycle is a mature technology with temperature-based efficiency limits, hampering...
China Made Solar PV Cheap – Is CSP Next?
With China in the game, the outlook for the technology has gone from from gloomy to better than ever – however it also carries great risk
IEA: China Overtaking US in Concentrated Solar Power by 2023
Source: IEA: Renewables 2018 Market analysis and forecast from 2018 to 2023 With 1.9 GW coming online, China is expected to overtake the United States to have the second-largest CSP (Concentrated Solar Power) installed capacity by 2023, as global deployment nearly...
China’s First Commercial CSP Project Has Begun Operation
Source: China National Solar Thermal Energy Alliance The Delingha 50MW solar thermal power plant constructed by CGN New Energy, a subsidiary of China General Nuclear Power Corporation, in the northwestern province of Qinghai was put into operation on October 10th,...
Study: CSP Will Help China Cut Costs of Climate Action
Solar thermal energy turns out to be the key to China meeting its climate commitments. A new study investigates the best combination of renewables for providing the lowest cost to power system operators in two of China’s provinces best suited to scale up renewable...
Abengoa Awarded Two New CSP Projects in China
Source: heliocsp.com Abengoa will provide the technology and develop the engineering to the LuNeng Haixi 50 MW solar thermal tower plant project, in the Qinghai province. The company will also be responsible for providing the technology and engineering for the Royal...
Steps for Solar Resource Assessment in CSP Projects: China
From HelioCSP: According to Solargis, China has good potential to develop CSP industry in terms of solar resources, but with strong geographic diversification. Abundant direct normal irradiance is found in the Western regions of Inner Mongolia, Tibet, Qinghai,...
China Plans 2 GW CSP Plant in Mongolia
From Reuters: BEIJING, Jan 25 (Reuters) - China’s SPIC Shijiazhuang Dongfang Energy said on Thursday it plans to build a high-tech solar power plant in Inner Mongolia with capacity of 2 gigawatts (GW), which would be one of the largest of its kind in the world’s top...
Current Job Openings in CSP Research and on CSP Projects
China’s Shouhang and CNLNPC to Invest $2.3 Billion (USD) in CSP
CSP Plaza is reporting: Beijing Shouhang IHW Resources Saving Technology Co., Ltd. just signed a Cooperation Framework Agreement on Jointly Developing CSP Business with CNNP Liaoning Nuclear Power Co., Ltd. (CNLNPC). In the announcement posted late night the same day...
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SolarPACES Member Country: ExCo Representative, Vice-Chair Zhifeng Wang Head of Solar Thermal Energy and Photovoltaic Systems Institute of Electrical Engineering, Chinese Academy of Science zhifeng(at)vip.sina.com ExCo Alternate Sun Honghang Vice Director Divison of...
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