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Engie has started commercial operation at its 100 MW Kathu Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) plant in South Africa, the French group’s first CSP plant, the company announced February 6. The 12 billion-rand ($875 million) Kathu plant incorporates parabolic trough technology with 4.5 hours of molten salt thermal energy storage. Engie holds a 48.5% share in …
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U.S. researchers have developed a heat exchanger material for advanced high-temperature Concentrated Solar Power plants that can be manufactured at lower costs than existing materials, project leaders told New Energy Update. Higher-temperature Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) plant designs have been become a key research area for developers seeking to cut costs and widen market opportunities. …
Higher-temperature CSP plant designs have been become a key research area for developers seeking to cut costs and widen market opportunities. Until now, CSP plants have typically used oil or molten salt as heat transfer fluid, limiting temperatures to around 550 degrees C. Higher temperature plants could increase the efficiency of converting heat to electricity, …
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111 CSP (Concentrated Solar Power) projects with total capacity of 9 GW took part in the application of the 1st batch of 1.349 GW China 20 Concentrated Solar Power pilot projects in September 2016. Till now, two and half years have passed, and three of the 1st batch demonstration projects have been sucessfully connected to …
Engie starts commercial operations at South Africa CSP plant Engie has started commercial operation at its 100 MW Kathu CSP plant in South Africa, the French group’s first CSP plant, the company announced February 6. The 12 billion-rand ($875 million) Kathu plant incorporates parabolic trough technology with 4.5 hours of molten salt thermal energy storage. …