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CSP desalination siting tool demonstrated in Australia

CSP desalination siting tool demonstrated in Australia

A team of Australian researchers at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) has combined three tools to assess the economic viability of a hybrid CSP and desalination plant applicable for any region worldwide. “The interesting thing is you can modify this by...

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What happened with Crescent Dunes?

What happened with Crescent Dunes?

The Crescent Dunes CSP project in the US was the first of a kind: The first tower CSP with thermal energy storage at full-scale; 110 MW. (Above about 150 MW, the distances of the solar field encircling the tower receiver has optical limits) It was developed by the...

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Spain seeks thermal energy storage proposals by September

Spain seeks thermal energy storage proposals by September

The government of Spain is launching €280 million (US$310 million) in grants for standalone energy storage projects, thermal energy storage and reversible pumped hydro to go online in 2026. The Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge...

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Chile

Chile

Latest Online: 2022 Cerro Dominador 110 MW SolarPACES-NREL database: All plant details on the 110 MW Cerro Dominador tower CSP project The 110 MW Cerro Dominador tower CSP project with 17.5 hours of thermal energy storage first synchronized to the grid in 2021 and was...

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Molten salt melt starts for huge 700 MW DEWA CSP project

Molten salt melt starts for huge 700 MW DEWA CSP project

Herlogas, in collaboration with Shanghai Electric, has now successfully melted 340,000 tons of salt for molten salt thermal energy storage and preheated 14 salt tanks at the largest concentrated solar power plant in the world, DEWA 's 700 MW CSP project NOOR I at the...

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Saudi CSP giant ACWA Power now shelving coal power

Saudi CSP giant ACWA Power now shelving coal power

[ED: ACWA Power's CSP projects, developed in whole or in part include Bokpoort and Redstone in South Africa, parts of DEWA in Dubai and NOOR I,II and III in Morocco. It has consistently broken current CSP prices with new record low prices, and broken week-long...

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Chile’s 2023 auction will incentivize dispatchable CSP

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...

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China prioritizes CSP connection and dispatch in new rule

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...

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