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Concentrated Solar Power will reach 20% of the energy matrix in Chile by 2050

This was stated by the Minister of Energy, Juan Carlos Jobet, who also said that by 2030 renewable energies will make up 70% of the energy matrix in Chile. The statements were in the framework of a virtual conference organized by the Cerro Dominador firm, which manages the construction of the concentrated solar power (termosolar) …

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$2.5 million Department of Energy grant helps MSU engineering professor study solar energy

The three-year project was one of only 13 projects on Concentrated Solar Power research and development in the SETO FY2019 program from across the country to be funded by the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. An assistant professor in Mississippi State’s Bagley College of Engineering is part of a nationwide team that was …

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Where Very Hot Solar Thermochemistry Research is Today

Heat demand by industry is the world’s largest energy end-use, the IEA calculates. So how can we supply that with renewable energy? For some heat needs, it is possible today, using concentrated solar thermal (CST). Many industrial processes need heat at between 150ºC and 400ºC, which CST can meet commercially today. Some examples are in …

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