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100 MW Concentrated Solar Power Plant (CSP) Project in Kom Ombo Aswan, Egypt: General Procurement Notice GENERAL PROCUREMENT NOTICE Arab Republic of Egypt 100 MW Concentrated Solar Power plant (CSP) Project at Kom Ombo- Aswan, Egypt The Government of the Arab Republic of Egypt has received funding from the Clean Technology Fund (CTF) through the …
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As EIG Atacama Management prepares to bring online Chile’s first CSP plant, a new CSP rival is looking to enter the market. South Korean group Andes Green Energy aims to build its first large-scale CSP plant in Chile and will bid two hybrid CSP-PV projects in Chile’s power generation auction in December. Chile’s national energy …
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Crescent Dunes failure leads owner to bankruptcy Tonopah Solar Energy, owner of the offline 110 MW Crescent Dunes plant in Nevada, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy with the United States Bankruptcy Court in the District of Delaware, court documents show. Tonopah is owned by California’s SolarReserve, the technology supplier and developer of Crescent Dunes, …
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Solar thermal can produce clean heat to run processes that cause a third of global carbon emissions. In this article, I argue that a $1 Trillion pot of gold may await the right solutions. Due to costs and other barriers, solar thermal’s present footprint on the global energy production map is negligible. Industry experts agree …
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Thermal energy storage (TES) systems can boost the conversion of solar thermal into electricity. They allow the efficient storage of heat during the day so that electricity production continues at night. Currently, the expansion of small and midsized concentrated solar power plants is limited because of the shortage of tailor-made TES systems. TES plays a …
In the light of the EU 2030 climate & energy framework, MUSTEC (Market uptake of solar thermal electricity through cooperation) aims to explore and propose concrete solutions to overcome the barriers that hinder the deployment of concentrated solar power (CSP) cooperation projects. CSP has a high potential in supplying renewable electricity on demand not only …
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Solar thermal energy has reached 796 gigawatt hours (GWh) of electricity generation in July, which represents 10% more than in the same month last year, according to data from Red Eléctrica (REE) collected by the Spanish Association for Promotion of the Thermosolar Industry (Protermosolar). In addition, this Concentrated Solar Power generation has accounted for 3.57% …
[Note: SolarPACES previously interviewed the author of this guest post, Kevin Sara, on his firm’s plan to ship solar energy from CSP plants in Tunisia to the EU] Why is Bill Gates backing a Concentrated Solar Power company? What is oil major ENI doing with a CSP start-up? Why has Zurich airport agreed to purchase aviation …
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Zambia is set construct Kalulushi concentrated solar plant in the Copperbelt Province as dough continues to bite in the country rendering hydro projects untenable. A Zambian subsidiary of the Chinese firm Sinohydro was chosen to carry out the civil engineering work for the construction of the project. The Kalulushi concentrating solar power plant will be …
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The online registration is now available on the conference website. SolarPACES (Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems) will be held as an online event from September 28 – October 02, 2020. We strive to make this an opportunity to connect the CSP community in a new way in these challenging times, and hope that even …
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