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Construction is currently in progress at the Redstone Concentrated Solar Power Project, which is situated in the Humansrus Solar Park, in the Northern Cape, between Tsanstabane and Kgatelopele. 100 megawatts (MW) of electricity will be added to the national grid after construction concludes, expectedly in 2023. By 2024, the plant will start operations. Under South …
Three years ago, Abengoa thermal energy storage engineer Cristina Prieto exchanged the relatively secretive world of commercial CSP for academia. Now, as the professor for a newly created thermal energy storage discipline at the School of Engineering at the University of Seville, she can be creative at the research level. From the paper Thermal energy …
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From the paper Thermal energy storage (TES) with phase change materials (PCM) in solar power plants (CSP) Concept and plant performance in which Abengoa’s thermal storage expert Cristina Prieto proposed a cascaded thermocline Three years ago, Abengoa thermal energy storage engineer Cristina Prieto exchanged the relatively secretive world of commercial CSP for academia. Now, as …
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Last fall ESTELA and other RES associations joined Solar Impulse Foundation, an environmental non-profit project that aims to address sustainability challenges while enabling economic growth. Since then the group has jointly prepared 146 recommendations to help Member States reach their goals to deploy renewable energies and increase energy efficiency. The recommendations come at critical time, as …
China National Energy Administration issued the Notice Related to Promoting the Large-scale Development of Concentrated Solar Power. Recently, China National Energy Administration issued the Notice of the Comprehensive Department of the National Energy Administration on Matters Related to Promoting the Large-scale Development of Solar Thermal Power. The key information are as follows: First, fully understand …
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Methane dry reforming via a ceria-based redox cycle in a concentrating solar tower Abstract: Drop-in fuels produced using solar energy can provide a viable pathway towards sustainable transportation, especially for the long-haul aviation sector which is strongly dependent on jet fuel. This study reports on the experimental testing of a solar reactor using concentrated solar …
China prioritizes CSP in new rule “The power grid company is requested to give priority support to the grid connection and dispatching of the base projects equipped with solar thermal power” says a new government planning document. Source: CSPPlaza China National Energy Administration issued the Notice Related to Promoting the Large-scale Development of Solar Thermal …
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EPC Tender- SPIC Shanshan 100MW CSP Project On April 8, SPIC Henan Company issued a public bidding announcement for the EPC general contract of SPIC Shanshan 100MW CSP Project. Application deadline: April 14, 2023, 23:59. Project Supervisor Announced – SPIC Shanshan 100MW CSP Project Preliminary Design announced – Tongyu 100MW CSP Project Heat Collecting System announced- …
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The Small Innovative Projects in Solar (SIPS) 2023 funding opportunity will award $6.5 million for seedling R&D projects that focus on innovative and novel ideas in photovoltaics (PV) and concentrated solar power (CSP). Announced by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO), they are seeking projects that are and are “riskier than …
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619MWh Daily Generation – Power China Gonghe 50MW Tower CSP Project Recently, the news came from Power China Gonghe 50MW Molten Salt Tower CSP Project, after the single-day power generation reached 572,000 kWh on March 9, 2023, the single-day power generation of the CSP plant reached another record high of 619,000 kWh on March 13. …