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 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 …

Sandia’s green ammonia research matters for a global shipping future

Green ammonia could be made sustainably using solar thermochemistry instead of the way it is made today in the fossil-fueled Haber-Bosch process, which taps fossil energy for the thermochemistry and the heat and the high pressure it requires, while emitting almost three tons of CO2 Read More …

China’s solar increased 33.7% in the 1st quarter of 2023, while coal increased 1.8%

China’s solar increased by 33.7 % in the first quarter, while coal power increased at 1.8%. Solar now has a cumulative 430 GW online, almost half of China’s cumulative total of coal power plants; 1,130 GW. The latest quarterly report by the China Electricity Council Read More …

CSIRO’s Renewable Energy Storage Roadmap: CSP lowest cost

The CSIRO Renewable Energy Storage Roadmap identifies Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) as the lowest cost technology for long-duration renewable energy storage, among the storage technologies required to reach net zero in Australia. The CSIRO Renewable Energy Storage Roadmap outlines the significant role that concentrating solar thermal Read More …

Shanghai Electric CSP starts sending overnight solar power to Dubai grid

  The energy stored in 700 MW of Shanghai Electric’s trough tower CSP, once all units are operational, can generate power continuously for a maximum of 13.5 hours at night and 15 hours during periods of inclement weather. Source: Shanghai Electric for CSPFocus On November Read More …

Webinar: Presentation of Blue Book of China’s CSP Industry 2021

Zoom Webinar: Presentation of Blue Book of China’s CSP Industry 2021 Date and Time: June 27, 2022, 14:00-14:45 CEST (Central European Summer Time) Agenda: Opening: Christoph Richter, Executive Secretary SolarPACES Introductory Comments: Zhifeng Wang, Chairman of China Solar Thermal Alliance Presentation of Blue Book 2021: Read More …

Why Likana’s 24-Hour Solar Bid under $34/MWh Lost in Chile

At the annual SolarPACES Conference (held virtually for the second year) Cerro Dominador’s CEO Fernando Gonzalez answered questions from the international network of concentrated solar power (CSP) researchers and developers attending about exactly what happened in the recent Chilean energy auctions with the record-low bid Read More …

IEA Report: Raise Investment and R&D to Reach Green Hydrogen Goal by 2050

IEA report calls for the development of national hydrogen strategies and roadmaps, new incentives for low-carbon hydrogen, and new certification requirements alongside increased research and infrastructure spending. Source: Utility Dive  Dive Brief: Global electrolyzer capacity for producing hydrogen could reach up to 89 GW by Read More …

California Looks for Long-Duration Renewable Energy Storage Contracts for 2026

  An optimal power system portfolio for the US state of California that would drive the world’s fifth largest economy towards greenhouse gas reduction goals for 2030 and then to zero carbon by 2040, includes 1GW of long duration energy storage, an analyst has highlighted. Read More …

Climate Policy that Actually Works: How Morocco is Meeting its Clean Energy Goals

An interview reveals Morocco’s secret: MASEN (the Moroccan Agency for Sustainable Energy) is actually a renewable energy “one stop shop” – starting with climate policy, through needs assessment, planning, infrastructure development and finally structuring to mobilize project finance. Read More …

South Africa

Latest in Construction: 2023 Redstone Tower CSP: 100 MW SolarPACES-NREL database: All plant details on this CSP project All CSP Projects: SolarPACES-NREL database – All projects in South Africa CSP Potential South Africa’s first solar tower plant: 50 MW Khi Solar 1 operational since early 2016 Read More …

Morocco

Latest Online: 2018 Ouarzazate NOOR I,II and III: 550 MW SolarPACES-NREL database: All plant details on this CSP project: NOOR I, NOOR II, and NOOR III Earliest Online: ISCC 20 MW inaugurated in 2013: Ain Beni Mathur CSP Potential Country data Morocco has set a target Read More …

Potential for Solar Thermal Energy By Country

  CSP is best suited to the regions with the optimal Direct Normal Irradiance (DNI) for CSP. The best DNI is found in high-insolation regions with clear air, free of particulates, that receive this solar irradiance at or above about 1800 kilowatt-hours per square meter Read More …

TASK I: Solar Thermal Electric Systems

TASK I: Solar Thermal Electric Systems

Operating Agent: Mike Wagner, University of Wisconsin, USA Published Task Reports Summary: SolarPACES Guideline for Bankable STE Yield Assessment Full paper (pdf): SolarPACES Guideline for Bankable STE Yield Assessment Version 2017 Full paper (pdf) Utility-Scale Parabolic Trough Solar Systems: Performance Acceptance Test Guidelines Full paper (pdf) Utility-Scale Read More …