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Cerro Dominador’s entrance into global carbon offset scheme will top up income and diversify revenue risk but securing power buyers is the priority, Fernando Gonzalez, CEO of project company EIG Atacama Management, told Reuters Events. Last month, Cerro Dominador 1 became the first large-scale solar project in Chile to sell carbon credits into a global …
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The solar thermal industry wants to differentiate itself from photovoltaic with storage: «Our energy is up to ten times cheaper». Spain occupies the first place in the world in installed concentrating solar power capacity, with 2.3 GW of a world total of 6.2 GW, and also concentrates the greatest know-how in national companies. Therefore, it …
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Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA), represented by its Research and Development (R&D) Centre, has been granted a patent for a system to measure atmospheric attenuation that results from different factors such as dust. This adds to DEWA’s record of achievements. The system identifies the best locations for solar towers and heliostats in Concentrated Solar …
Last month, Cerro Dominador 1 became the first large-scale solar project in Chile to sell carbon credits into a global carbon offsetting program. Project owner EIG registered the project for the Verified Carbon Standard (VCS) program under an agreement with South Pole, a carbon credit broker. Due online later this year, the 110 MW Cerro …
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Vast Solar in talks to build CSP plant in Queensland Vast Solar is in talks to build a 50 MW hybrid CSP-PV-gas plant in the off-grid Mount Isa mining town in Queensland, Australia, local media reported. The A$600 million ($420.0 million) plant would combine CSP with 14 hours of storage, PV, short duration battery storage, …
Image@Shanghai Electric – DEWA CSP in Dubai The Zambian subsidiary of the Chinese giant Sinohydro has been chosen to carry out the civil engineering work for the construction of the Kalulushi solar concentration plant (SCP) in the copper belt province. Chinese state-owned Sinohydro is the world’s 14th largest hydropower engineering and construction company. The project …
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