Energy Reviews discusses progress in the design of porous volumetric solar receivers

Amidst the growing demand for clean and renewable energy, different solar energy harvesting technologies are being actively developed. Among them, concentrating solar power (CSP) systems have emerged as a promising candidate for effectively producing electricity from sunlight. CSPs use multiple mirrors to focus sunlight onto a central receiver, which absorbs the sunlight and turns it …

Qinghai: Accelerate the construction of a number of 100 MW concentrated solar power projects

On August 23, Qinghai Provincial Development and Reform Commission and Qinghai Provincial Energy Bureau jointly issued the Implementation Plan of Carbon Peak in the Energy Sector of Qinghai Province(hereinafter referred to as the»Plan»)and issued a notice. The Plan points out that to promote a multipolar support clean energy supply capacity. The intensive development of wind …

Shanshan 100MW concentrated solar power projects subject construction and installation engineering publicity of the winning candidate

On August 28, Shandong Electric Power Engineering Consulting Institute Co., Ltd (about the national electricity for Henan Turpan, Xinjiang Shanshan QiKeTai 100 MW concentrated solar power project subject construction and installation engineering release the winning candidate, the winning bidder is China Energy Engineering Group Northwest City Construction Co., Ltd. According to the bidding announcement previously …

Published at Solar Energy – Techno-economic assessment of a numbering-up approach for a 100 MWe third generation sodium-salt CSP system

Abstract: This work presents the design and techno-economic analysis of a 100 MWe concentrated solar power (CSP) system using a supercritical CO2 power block with 700 °C input temperature. Aiming to leverage the relatively higher efficiency of small heliostat fields and potential multi-build discounts, a numbering-up approach is examined, developing four alternative configurations (1×100, 2×50, …