Could Congress Commission a Government Agency Like WAPA to Build Concentrated Solar Power?

The USA seems like the most unlikely nation to nationalize a clean energy resource for the public good. So when one of the Democratic candidates announced a plan to do that, it was easy to dismiss the concept as pie in the sky. But in fact, a US government agency was once given a mission …

Could Congress Commission a Government Agency Like WAPA to Build CSP?

State Owned Enterprises can be very popular, especially when they yield an annual dividend to households as in New Zealand (Aotearoa is its indigenous Maori name). Here, Aucklanders protest a proposal to privatize them IMAGE @Cory Anderson The USA seems like the most unlikely nation to nationalize a clean energy resource for the public good. …

EnergyNest has produced a new type of modular thermal battery able to store waste heat for hours, days or even weeks

When you think about humanity’s impact on the climate, images of airplane and car exhaust fumes may spring to mind. Yet aviation and cars only account for 2% and 6% of global carbon emissions, respectively. Another sector — which hardly anyone ever talks about — has higher emissions than both of these put together, accounting …

CSP Madrid (a part of Future of Renewables Global 2020)

Channels:  CSP ES CSP Tags:  csp solar thermal concentrated solar power solar power solar energy Event URL:  https://reutersevents.com/events/future-of-renewables/ Event Location:  Virtual Event Number of attendees:  300 Event Organiser:  Rhys Watt Event Organiser E-mail:  rwatt@newenergyupdate.com Précis:  Design, Develop, Deploy + Operate Dispatchable Solar Electricity and Heat Event Date:  Monday, December 7, 2020 to Tuesday, December 8, …

Harnessing the sun to purify concentrated waste streams

Reverse osmosis is one of the most common methods for purifying saline water, but the process produces limited results. About 20% to 50% of the water that enters the system remains as a concentrated waste stream. There are several existing methods for handling concentrate streams, including injecting the waste into isolated underground wells and using …

Demand for electrical energy in Spain falls 3.8% in July

Demand for electrical energy in Spain fell by 3.8% in July: wind energy produced 37.9%, concentrated solar power 3.5% and photovoltaic 7.9%  The demand for electrical energy decreased in the Balearic Islands by 26.8% and in the Canary Islands by 9.4% compared to the same month of 2019.Solar photovoltaic produced 89.9% more than in July …

Dartmouth receives DOE funding to develop concentrated solar power system

Engineers at Dartmouth have received a three-year $750,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to develop a new high-temperature tubing material for a concentrated solar power (CSP) system using a patented alloy developed at Dartmouth that could both increase efficiency and decrease the cost of harnessing and storing solar energy. The researchers will …

Atlantica opts to buy out tax equity investor in Solana Concentrated Solar Power plant

Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure has exercised its right to buy out the tax equity investor in the 280-MW Solana concentrating solar power (CSP) plant in Arizona. The company says in its financial report for the second quarter of 2020 that it made use of the option on July 17. It expects to invest an estimated EUR …