Spain sets out plan to double Concentrated Solar Power capacity by 2025

Spain aims to double Concentrated Solar Power capacity to 4.8 GW by 2025 and reach an installed capacity of 7.3 GW by 2030, according to a new 10 year energy plan set out by the government. Under the plan, which will be reviewed by the European Commission (EC), Spain’s installed PV capacity would hike from …

Concentrated Solar Power power-heat costs could drop 50% on stable policy support

Industrial power and heat developers are adapting designs to minimize construction costs and shorten payback periods and greater financing support could see costs fall by a half, industry experts told New Energy Update. Falling technology costs and growing carbon reduction objectives have spurred industrial companies to turn towards renewable energy solutions. A number of CSP …

CSP power-heat costs could drop 50% on stable policy support

Falling technology costs and growing carbon reduction objectives have spurred industrial companies to turn towards renewable energy solutions.  A number of CSP developers are specialising in combined CSP-CSH (concentrated solar heat) plant configurations to tap the growing demand for industrial heat applications. Industrial heat makes up two-thirds of industrial energy demand and is responsible for …

Lointek, Aalborg win contracts on giant Dubai CSP project; Spain aims to install 2.5 GW CSP by 2025

Lointek to deliver steam generation, storage systems to Dubai’s Noor Energy 1 Spain’s Lointek is to supply the integrated steam generation system and oil salt thermal storage system for ACWA Power’s 950 MW Noor Energy 1 CSP-PV plant in Dubai, the company said in a statement February 19. Under a turnkey contract, Lointek will engineer, …

Higher performance secure Aalborg CSP another order for industrial solar heating plant in Denmark

Aalborg CSP, Danish renewable energy specialist and a well-known player on the industrial and district heating market, landed a new order to deliver a 2.6 MWth solar-thermal plant in Denmark. With the system in Egedal, Aalborg CSP continues its series of new projects based on customized solutions with solar and storage supporting a competitive transition …