Aurora project may still include concentrated solar power as 1414 signs with Vast Solar

The once languishing Aurora Solar Energy Project has taken another important step forward this week after developer 1414 Degrees announced it may add modular concentrated solar power to the project’s current proposed mix of solar PV, battery storage and 1414’s proprietary thermal storage. Aurora was supposed to be the location of Australia’s first large scale …

High Temparature concentrated solar power plan with particle receiver and direct thermal storage

Clean solar energy with storage can help Europe reduce emissions and deliver a secure and cost-effective electricity supply. EU-funded research suggests that fluidised crystal particles trump molten salts as the heat transfer and storage medium. © Gilles Flamant Current state of the art concentrated solar power (CSP) plants use central receivers with several options for …

ACWA Power participates in leading Concentrated Solar Power industry event

Headquartered in Saudi Arabia, ACWA Power is a developer, investor and operator of a portfolio of power generation and desalinated water production plants with a presence in 11 countries in the Middle East and North Africa, Southern Africa and South-East Asia regions. In recent years, ACWA Power has actively been involved in key PV, wind …

ACWA Power’s Bokpoort Sets New Production Record as South African Load-shedding Persists

Bokpoort CSP plant IMAGE@ACWA Power MEDIA PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release: 9 September 2020, Johannesburg, South Africa. Bokpoort CSP project, now in its 5th year of production, celebrated yet another huge production record. The 50 MW Concentrated Solar Thermal Power (CSP) Parabolic Trough Power Plant with 9.3 hour storage approved during the 2nd bidding window …