Saudi Arabia has launched an ambitious project that will develop a first-of-a-kind efficient coupling of concentrated solar power and desalination techniques. 10M€ ($11.7mn) project 19 partners and 12 countries are taking part in the 10M€ ($11.7mn). The “DESOLINATION” project is planned to last four years to 2025. As well as building the combined plant itself, …
Can a new kind of Concentrated Solar Power be a game changer?
High temperature CSP with very long duration storage in Bauxite particles can top off the 100% renewable grid says Sandia solar thermal research lead Cliff Ho. Cliff Ho at the test site with the sand particles IMAGE@Sandia An innovative new Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) technology has been shown by a US solar research lab to …
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SolarPACES 2021 Registration Now Open
The online registration is now available on the conference website. As you know, SolarPACES 2021 will be our second online conference, held from September 27 – October 01, 2021. SolarPACES 2020 revealed the many benefits of being online, with more of us able to share our work and participate from our home office, and we expect to make …
Can a new kind of CSP be a game changer?
Bauxite particles IMAGE@Reiner Buck at DLR High temperature CSP with very long duration storage in Bauxite particles can top off the 100% renewable grid says Sandia solar thermal research lead Cliff Ho An innovative new Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) technology has been shown by a US solar research lab to enable very high temperature operation …
Solarflux FOCUS concentrator demonstrates 72% solar-to-thermal conversion efficiency
Solarflux Energy Technologies, Inc. (Solarflux) has announced the results of an independent report reviewing performance test results for the Solarflux FOCUS parabolic dish concentrator, demonstrating solar-to-thermal conversion efficiency of 72%. That is, the tests show that 72% of the solar energy arriving at the FOCUS is converted into usable heat. This solar-to-thermal conversion efficiency is …
China’s largest super Concentrated Solar Power plant
China’s largest molten salt solar thermal power plant is situated in Dunhuang, northwest China’s Gansu Province. By receiving sunlight and heating up the molten salt, it can constantly generate electricity. The power station generates 390 million kilowatts of electricity per year, reducing carbon dioxide emissions by 350,000 tonnes. https://news.cgtn.com/news/2021-08-02/China-s-largest-super-mirror-power-plant-in-60-seconds-12pcMmUIjCw/index.html