Potential Map for the Installation of Concentrated Solar Power Towers in Chile

This study aims to build a potential map for the installation of a central receiver concentrated solar power plant in Chile under the terms of the average net present cost of electricity generation during its lifetime. This is also called the levelized cost of electricity, which is a function of electricity production, capital costs, operational …

Chile builds Concentrated Solar Power plant through COVID-19

The Cerro Dominador project has overcome COVID-19 restrictions and is now 90% complete but the longer term impact on industry raises offtaker risks. Despite COVID-19 restrictions, construction of the 110 MW Cerro Dominador CSP tower plant in Chile is advancing to the final stages. Developer Cerro Dominador is seeking more power customers and plans further …

Gonzalo Martín, new secretary general of Protermosolar

Gonzalo Martín has extensive experience in concentrated solar power asset management in Spain and South Africa. Gonzalo Martín has been appointed new general secretary of the Spanish Association for the Promotion of the Solar Thermal Industry (Protermosolar), with the aim of reinforcing the promotion of solar thermal energy in Spain in the face of the …

Chile builds CSP plant through COVID-19 but demand risks loom

Despite COVID-19 restrictions, construction of the 110 MW Cerro Dominador CSP tower plant in Chile is advancing to the final stages. Located in the Atacama Desert, the Cerro Dominador plant is Latin America’s first CSP plant and features a record 17.5 hours of molten salt thermal energy storage capacity. Owned by EIG Global Energy Partners, …

RayGen signs flurry of supply deals; Spanish CSP operators split teams to keep out COVID-19

RayGen follows equity backing with flurry of supply deals Australian hybrid CSP-PV developer RayGen Resources has signed a flurry of strategic supply deals covering turbine engine, storage system and concentrated PV cell components. The RayGen hybrid design uses water as a storage medium to provide long-duration renewable energy storage, putting it in direct competition with …

Applications Open for US DOE $9 Million Solar Thermal Desalination Prize

Solar desalination prize Washington, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the launch of the $9 million American-Made Challenges: Solar Desalination Prize, a competition to accelerate the development of systems that use solar-thermal energy to produce clean water from very-high-salinity water. “The U.S. has the technical knowledge, vision, and talent it takes …