Day: April 2, 2020

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Blended sCO2 fluids could slash Concentrated Solar Power costs

By 2023, European researchers aim to produce a blended fluid for supercritical carbon dioxide power cycles that would reduce plant capex and suit dry hotspots. A year into their research, European scientists are on schedule to develop a new blended fluid system that could increase the efficiency of supercritical carbon dioxide (sCO2) CSP plant cycles. …

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Blended sCO2 fluids could slash CSP costs, early data shows

A year into their research, European scientists are on schedule to develop a new blended fluid system that could increase the efficiency of supercritical carbon dioxide (sCO2) CSP plant cycles. The 5 million-euro ($5.5 million) SCARABEUS project will see researchers add small quantities of selected elements to pure CO2 to increase the efficiency of CSP …

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Giant CSP project restarts after coronavirus pause; China’s first CSP plant beats 6-month targets

Dubai CSP partners restart activity after coronavirus stoppage Aalborg CSP’s Chinese partners have restarted production of heat exchangers for the 950 MW Noor Energy 1 CSP-PV project in Dubai, the Danish company announced March 25. The $4.4 billion Noor Energy 1 project will be the world’s largest CSP plant and includes a 100 MW CSP …

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