Abengoa Concentrated Solar Power contract signals Spanish maintenance battle

Abengoa’s first full-scope third-party Concentrating Solar Power maintenance contract in Spain comes as new investors, ageing assets and potential new build place greater focus on operational efficiency, experts told New Energy Update. In January, pulp and biomass specialist Ence Energia y Celulosa awarded Abengoa a three-year operation and maintenance (O&M) contract for its 50 MW …

ARCI’s cost-effective technology can convert solar energy to industrial process heat

The receiver tube technology developed by the ARCI team efficiently absorbs solar radiation and converts it into heat for the targeted applications, specially in industries. Scientists from the International Advanced Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy and New Materials (ARCI), Hyderabad, an autonomous institution under the Department of Science and Technology (DST), have developed a cost-effective …

Online Conference April 1-2: World Bank MENA Concentrated Solar Power and Heat

ATA Insights invites you to attend the World Bank’s MENA CSP KIP capstone online conference: Concentrating Solar for Power and Heat (April 1-2, 2020) This final workshop of the World Bank’s Middle East & North Africa Concentration Solar Power Knowledge & Innovation Program will summarize the results of the Program’s activities over the past three years, …

Abengoa CSP contract signals Spanish maintenance battle

In January, pulp and biomass specialist Ence Energia y Celulosa awarded Abengoa a three-year operation and maintenance (O&M) contract for its 50 MW Termollano parabolic trough CSP plant in Puertollano, central Spain. The Termollano plant was commissioned in 2009 and Ence purchased the plant from power utility Iberdrola in late 2018 as part of a …

Receiver installed at Cerro Dominador; China starts build of nano tech storage

Abengoa, Acciona install receiver at Chile’s Cerro Dominador EPC partners Abengoa and Acciona have installed the receiver at the 110 MW Cerro Dominador CSP tower project in Chile, Abengoa said in a statement March 5. Located in the Atacama Desert and due online this year, the Cerro Dominador plant is Latin America’s first CSP plant …