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. Prof. Manuel Blanco, European Research Area (ERA) Chair in Solar Thermal Technologies for the Eastern Mediterranean of the Energy Division of the Cyprus Institute’s Energy, Environment and Water Research Center (EEWRC) & Vice-Chair of SolarPACES announces the first-ever international conference on the role of CSP in climate mitigation through decarbonising the energy sector, to be …
El 1 de octubre, el NREL puso en marcha un nuevo estudio de tres años sobre el software de distribución optimizada de CSP que permite realizar operaciones en tiempo real en las centrales de CSP. Entre los socios del proyecto se encuentran los promotores estadounidenses SolarReserve, BrightSource e instituciones de investigación como la Universidad de …
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The ongoing development of solar power in Saudi Arabia as an alternative source of energy could gain wide adoption in its growing district cooling industry. Two researchers, Guiseppe Franchini and Antonio Perdichizzi, from the University of Bergamo have proposed an alternative cooling technology; using a thermal form of solar energy to provide solar district cooling …
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Around 10 commercial Concentrated Solar Power projects are now under development and construction in China, and some biddings for systems and components & materials purchasing had been completed and winners announced. CSP Focus has been keeping tracking on the biddings, and generating report on the results. Taking an overview on the vendors’ list, both Chinese …
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IMAGE @ Guiseppe Franchini and Antonio Perdichizzi Instead of running air conditioners on fossil-fueled electricity, University of Bergamo researchers Guiseppe Franchini and Antonio Perdichizzi propose an alternative cooling technology; using a thermal form of solar energy to provide solar district cooling in the Saudi Kingdom. Their study of the economics of solar district cooling was …
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CGN Solar Delingha 50MW PT project has been proclaimed to be commercial operational on October 10, making China the 8th country who owns large-scale Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) technology. Also, 2 solar tower projects are expected to be operational by the end of this year. One of them is Shouhang 100MW molten salt tower plant. …
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Wildfires in California IMAGE@Wikipedia California is a global leader in climate policy, and its goal of 100% clean energy by 2045 is now law in the 5th largest economy after China, the US, Japan and Germany. While the state has had a cap and trade program in place since 2013, it has been the simplicity …
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New software combining dispatch algorithms with probabilistic forecasting could reduce Concentrated solar power (CSP) bid prices by a quarter and spur fresh U.S. CSP deployment, Mike Wagner, Principal Investigator at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), told New Energy Update. On October 1, NREL launched a new three-year study into optimized CSP dispatch software that …
Power has been produced from what is claimed to be the first commercially operated concentrated solar power (CSP) plant in China. The Delingha solar thermal power station, located in central China and operated by China General Nuclear Power Group, has a total capacity of 50MW plant – equivalent to the power produced by 60,000 tonnes …
On October 1, NREL launched a new three-year study into optimized CSP dispatch software that allows real-time operations of CSP plants. Partners in the project include U.S. developers SolarReserve, BrightSource and research institutions Northwestern University and the Colorado School of Mines. One of seven new NREL CSP projects funded by the U.S. Department of Energy’s …
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