Month: June 2023

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Assessing the sustainability impacts of concentrated solar power deployment in Europe in the context of global value chains

Considering that CSP could be promoted in Europe, additional installed capacity will have positive or negative impacts on the economy, society and the environment, or trigger higher or lower energy supply dependence from non-European economies. Components will be produced, intermediate inputs (both domestic and imported) will be required, commodities will be extracted and personnel will …

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Published at Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews – Assessing the sustainability impacts of concentrated solar power deployment in Europe in the context of global value chains

Abstract: Considering that CSP could be promoted in Europe, additional installed capacity will have positive or negative impacts on the economy, society and the environment, or trigger higher or lower energy supply dependence from non-European economies. Components will be produced, intermediate inputs (both domestic and imported) will be required, commodities will be extracted and personnel …

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Published at Energies – Hybrid System of Photovoltaic and Solar Thermal Technologies for Industrial Process Heat

Abstract: Process heating is the activity with the most energy consumption in the industrial sector. Solar heating (SH) systems are a promising alternative to provide renewable thermal energy to industrial processes. However, factors such as high investment costs and area limitations in industrial facilities hinder their utilization; therefore, hybrid systems that combine two different solar …

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Published at Energy – Integrated design of solar concentrator and thermochemical reactor guided by optimal solar radiation distribution

Abstract:The improvement of solar thermochemical reactor performance is crucial in solar energy utilization technology. This study presents an integrated design method for solar thermochemical concentrator-reactor to enhance performance and safety guided by the ideal optimized solar radiation distribution. The ideal solar radiation distribution in the reactor is obtained by gradient optimization algorithm and the enhancement …

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Thermochemical energy storage to deliver Gen3 solar months later

Solar even under grey skies 365 days a year: Compared to the cost of the Gen3 CSP plant itself, adding the thermochemical storage and the hydrogen production reactor barely increased plant costs, but added significantly more value by greatly expanding storage duration. Typically, simplicity equals low costs. But the creators of a multi-technology thermochemical energy …

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Heliostat Consortium Unveils Funding Awards to Facilitate Affordable and Accessible Heliostat Deployment

The Heliostat Consortium, led by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory and Sandia National Laboratories, has announced seven awardees from a request for proposals aimed at reducing the cost of heliostats and creating new market opportunities for the industry. Heliostats are mirrors that track the sun to reflect concentrated sunlight to a receiver, where it can …

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Concentrated Solar Power + thermochemical storage for solar under grey skies 365 days/yr

Typically, simplicity equals low costs. But the creators of a multi-technology thermochemical energy storage system for Gen3 concentrating solar power (CSP) claim that their complex design would bring costs down by enabling the delivery of solar energy not just within a day or two like today, but whenever needed, weeks and months later. Compared to …

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Thermochemical energy storage to deliver Gen3 solar months later

Compared to the cost of the Gen3 CSP plant itself, adding the thermochemical storage and the hydrogen production reactor barely increased plant costs, but added significantly more value by greatly expanding storage duration. Typically, simplicity equals low costs. But the creators of a multi-technology thermochemical energy storage system for Gen3 concentrating solar power (CSP) claim …

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