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Nov 5 Webinar: Abengoa on Retrofitting CSP Plants for Intermittent Renewable Energy Storage

IMAGE@Abengoa How the thermal energy storage tanks for Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) can also store photovoltaic (PV) solar or wind Webinar: Retrofitting CSP projects to store and integrate variable renewable energy (VRE) in the grid 5 November at 12:00 CET (Check your local time) Spain’s Integrated National Energy and Climate Plan (PINEC) targets 74% of power …

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In South Africa and Spain, Concentrated Solar Power is Meeting or Exceeding Projected Operation Targets

SolarPACES spoke with Nandu Bhula who has been with the team responsible for the success of ACWA Power’s 50 MW Bokpoort trough Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) plant in South Africa since the start, first as CEO while the project was being built, and currently as Chairman of the Board. Commissioned in March of 2016, Bokpoort …

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In South Africa and Spain, CSP is Meeting or Exceeding Projected Operation Targets

Bokpoort’s 9.5 hours of thermal energy storage is key to its reliable round-the-clock performanceIMAGE@EE Publishers South Africa’s Bokpoort performance has been “reliably excellent” SolarPACES spoke with Nandu Bhula who has been with the team responsible for the success of ACWA Power’s 50 MW Bokpoort trough Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) plant in South Africa since the …

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