Month: July 2019

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2019 Concentrated Solar Power Conference China-Hangzhou

1 Organization Structure Hosts: China Solar Thermal Alliance Chinese Society of Engineering Thermophysics Chinese Renewable Energy Society Chinese Society for Electrical Engineering Organizers: China Solar Thermal Alliance Zhejiang Supcon Solar Technology, Co., Ltd Institute of Electrical Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences Co-Organizers: Solar Thermal Power Generation Committee of Chinese Renewable Energy Society Sponsors and Exhibitors …

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UC Davis Selected to Receive $2.2 Million Award to Advance Concentrated Solar Power Technologies

Researchers will develop innovative additively-manufactured heat exchangers for Solar Thermal Power Generation. The University of California, Davis was selected to receive a $2.2 million dollar award from the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO) to advance solar technologies. UC Davis will advance concentrating solar-thermal power (CSP) research and development. CSP concentrates incoming …

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Concentrated solar power projects fast gaining ground in China

Concentrated solar power generation is making tangible progress in China, with the sector set to be an integral part of the country’s current power system soon, said experts. Concentrated solar power, solar thermal or CSP, is a technology that uses mirrors to concentrate and reflect sunlight to drive traditional steam turbines to create energy. Technicians …

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Abengoa receives in China the CSP Technology Innovation Award 2019

This is an annual prize, awarded within the framework of the CSPPlaza 2019 conference, which recognizes companies that have made major breakthroughs in Concentrated Solar Power technological innovation and application over the past year. The company was awarded thanks to the results obtained in a new type of parabolic trough collector, developed by Abengoa and …

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The UAE secures its place in the sun flexing its PV and Concentrated Solar Power muscle

UAE’s solar power footprint is expanding in a dramatic way- Here’s how and why. Built at the cost of almost $900 million, the Noor Abu Dhabi solar plant contains 3.2 million solar panels and will produce 1.17 gigawatts of power. The Dubai’s Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park is currently in phase III, will …

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Concentrated solar power system that works at night a renewable energy game-changer

An innovative thermal battery being developed by Curtin University researchers will be key to a solar power system capable of producing electricity overnight, rivaling fossil fuels as a viable source of power for commercial and heavy industries around the world, including mining operations. Curtin is collaborating with international renewable energy companies United Sun Systems and …

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Morocco: The pre-qualification phase for the Noor Midelt II Concentrated Solar Power project launched

The Moroccan Agency for Sustainable Energy (Masen) has just launched a call for pre-qualification (RfQ) for the second plant of the Noor Midelt solar complex (Noor Midelt II), as part of the development of the solar complex Noor Midelt. This call, which also comes after the auction of the Noor Midelt I plant, is the …

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Global solar thermal power revolution urges for Concentrated Solar Power innovations

The Concentrated Solar Power industry peers are happy to see the fast growing capacity of global CSP projects especially starting from last year 2018, and a continuous expanding is expected this year thanks to the contribution from China and Middle East & Africa. However, «high cost» is always a question for CSP revolution, in the …

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Could China’s Global Grid Idea Help Grow Concentrated Solar Power?

China has an ambitious proposal for a global HVDC grid to transfer renewable energy throughout the world. Interconnected regional electricity networks would be connected to a backbone of HVDC lines that would become a globe-spanning super grid by 2050. Advancing the idea is China’s Global Energy Interconnection Development and Cooperation Organization (GEIDO). The concept depends on …

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