Israel

Latest Online:2019 Ashalim 230 MW tower and trough CSP SolarPACES-NREL database: All plant details on the Ashalim CSP project that combines tower  (Ashalim/Megalim 121 MW) and trough (Ashalim/Negev 110 MW) CSP with thermal energy storage in molten salts. . Earliest Online: BrightSource SEDC 6 MW Read More …

United Arab Emirates

Latest CSP in Construction: 2023 DEWA “NOOR” 700 MW Tower & Trough CSP project SolarPACES-NREL database: CSP plants in the United Arab Emirates The world’s largest CSP complex will be the 700 MW solar project at the Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park, about Read More …

Rediscovering Concentrated Solar Power: story from China

A guest post by Alina Gilmanova, who with her colleague there; Zhang Haobin, provides a unique perspective from her work inside China and Recently some media, such as Energyskeptic, falsely accused CSP technology of being unreliable, full of glitches and having a low energy return. Read More …

World’s First Utility-Scale Molten Salt Fresnel CSP Plant Connects to China’s Grid

The China Dunhuang Dacheng 50MW molten salt linear Fresnel CSP project plant has now officially begun commercial operation on June 19, 2020. To celebrate the occasion of commercial operation of the first ever molten salt Fresnel CSP occasion, the developers and contractors held a commissioning Read More …

Brightsource Innovates a Solar-cured Coating for DEWA Tower CSP

Testing laboratories in Germany, France and Spain have confirmed the effectiveness of a new high-performance (97% absorbance) optical coating developed by Brightsource Energy, that can be “solar-cured” directly atop the receiver of tower CSP, like Brightsource is building as part of the ACWA Power 700 Read More …

How CSP Works: Tower, Trough, Fresnel or Dish

In solar thermal energy, all concentrating solar power (CSP) technologies use solar thermal energy from sunlight to make power. A solar field of mirrors concentrates the sun’s energy onto a receiver that traps the heat and stores it in thermal energy storage till needed to Read More …

Current Job Openings in CSP Research and on CSP Projects

September 2023 Manager, Solar Thermal Testing and Demonstration We are seeking a highly motivated manager to lead the Solar Thermal Testing & Demonstration Department within the Renewable Energy Technologies Group (Org 8920). The Group conducts fundamental and applied R&D to improve performance, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness Read More …