World’s largest concentrated solar power project starts commercial ops in Abu Dhabi

Emirates Water and Electricity Company (EWEC) has announced that Noor Abu Dhabi, the world’s largest single solar project with a capacity of 1,177MW, has started commercial operations. The project will enable Abu Dhabi to increase its production of renewable energy and reduce the use of natural gas in electricity generation, reducing the emirate’s carbon dioxide …

Designing Solar Furnaces to Make Biochars without Air Pollution

Solar Pyrolysis Of Agave And Tomato Pruning Wastes: Insights Of The effect Of Pyrolysis Operation Parameters On The Physicochemical Properties Of Biochar   IMAGE@Heidi Villafán-Vidales Charcoal might seem like a very low tech product, but lithium batteries, water filtration and super-capacitors are among its high tech end uses, and the requirements for these different purposes are …

La cartera española de CSP logra una producción récord; Siemens Gamesa pone en marcha una central de almacenamiento volcánico

La generación española de CSP alcanza un nuevo máximo entre enero y mayo La cartera española de CSP alcanzó una nueva producción históricamente alta de 2026 GWh entre enero y mayo, según dijo la asociación industrial Protermosolar el 11 de junio, citando cifras de la operadora Red Eléctrica. La generación de CSP fue un 8 …

Abengoa holds its Shareholders’ Ordinary Meeting with a backlog of 1,900 million euro

Abengoa (the “Company”) (MCE: ABG/P:SM), the international company that applies innovative technology solutions for sustainability in the infrastructures, energy and water sectors held today its Ordinary General Shareholders’ Meeting, in which the company’s annual accounts were approved. During the meeting, the executive chairman of the company, Gonzalo Urquijo Fernandez de Araoz, took stock of 2018, …

Refractaris participates in the construction of Dubai’s concentrated solar power tower

The spanish company Refractaris participates in the construction in Dubai of the tallest solar tower in the world. With a height of 260 meters and capable of generating 100 megawatts, the solar thermal project is expected to be fully operational by the end of 2020. The tower is part of a hybrid project that includes …

Concentrated Solar Power Quietly Makes a Comeback

CSP’s costs are dropping as the market gains steam in the Middle East and China. Can this once-promising technology regain its mojo? Concentrated solar power (CSP), a renewable energy technology that has more or less dropped off the radar in the U.S., is quietly becoming competitive elsewhere. A recent analysis of power generation costs from the …

Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) fund acquires 49% of ACWA Power-promted, ACWA Power RenewCo

Beijing-headquartered Silk Road Fund, a state-owned investment and development fund established under the framework of Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), has acquired a 49 percent stake in a renewable energy holding company promoted by ACWA Power, the Saudi Arabia-based developer, owner, and operator of water and power plants, it was announced on Sunday. The Saudi …

VC Invests in Beam-Down Concentrator for Solar Fuel

“Our “back of the envelop” communication with researchers is that the US $3 per gallon of gasoline equivalent (GGE) per kilogram of hydrogen could be obtainable,” said Al Maaitah, whose start-up VC invests in the beam-down solar concentrator to be tested in the UAE. Of the four types of Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) technologies, dish …

US turbine leap boosts prospects for smaller Concentrated Solar Power plants

Tests at the world’s highest-temperature sCO2 turbine indicate lower costs and faster ramping will make even smaller Concentrated Solar Power plants competitive, U.S. researchers told New Energy Update. Engineers at General Electric (GE) and the Southwest Research Institute (SWRI) recently completed testing of the world’s highest temperature supercritical carbon dioxide (sCO2) turbine in a breakthrough …

US turbine leap boosts prospects for smaller CSP plants

Engineers at General Electric (GE) and the Southwest Research Institute (SWRI) recently completed testing of the world’s highest temperature supercritical carbon dioxide (sCO2) turbine in a breakthrough which could accelerate gains in CSP plant efficiency. The 10 MW turbine is the “size of a desk” and has yielded the highest power density for an industrial …