2022 Blue Book on China’s CSP industry launched

Part of a heliostat array in a solar field at a Tower CSP plant in China IMAGE@Cosin Solar China Solar Thermal Alliance to present China’s CSP status update Date: March 21, Time: 21:00 (9 PM) Beijing time UTC 13:00:00Opening remarks: Christoph Richter, Secretariat at SolarPACES Introductory Comments: Zhifeng Wang, Chairman of China Solar Thermal AlliancePresentation …

Successful PROMES-CNRS thermocline test of latent/sensible heat storage

A solar thermal energy storage breakthrough – a novel combination of latent and sensible heat in a single tank that avoids thermocline thickening has been tested successfully at the PROMES-CNRS solar thermal research laboratory Most industries currently burn fossil fuels for heat. But to supply heat directly from sunlight, research attention is turning to solar …

Concentrated solar power has one huge advantage: the energy can be converted into electricity even when the Sun isn’t shining

James McKenzie believes that “concentrator solar power” could be the answer to our environmental woes. The Ivanpah Solar Power Facility in Nevada uses thousands of mirrors to focus sunlight onto a tank of water at the top of a tower, with the resulting steam being used to drive turbines. (Courtesy: BrightSource Energy) Modern solar cells …

Redstone Concentrated Solar Power Project On Track In South Africa

The Redstone Solar Plant is in the Humansrus Solar Park between Tsanstabane and Kgatelopele in the Northern Cape, with construction underway. On completion, which is expected around 2023, 100 megawatts (MW) of power will be added to the national grid. The plant will be operational by early 2024. The South Africa Department of Energy (DOE) …

China: Concentrated Solar Power Project Tenders Last Week (Feb.27-Mar.3)

Project Supervisor Tender – SPIC Shanshan 100MW CSP Project On February 24, SPIC Henan Company invited public bids for the construction supervision of 100MW CSP project of SPIC Shanshan 1GW CSP+PV Project. This section does not accept consortium bids.   Turbine bypass device Tender- Akesai Huidong New Energy CSP + PV Pilot Project Recently, a …

SolarPACES 2023: First Announcement and Call for Papers

SolarPACES 2023: First Announcement and Call for Papers SolarPACES (Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems) is pleased to announce the SolarPACES 2023 conference to be held from October 10 – 13, 2023, in Sydney, Australia. SolarPACES is the premier international network advancing research, development, and commercial deployment of concentrating solar-thermal power (CSP) and related technologies. Australia, with its high …