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Source: Jennifer ZhangDeputy Editor-in-Chief at ESPLAZA&CSPPLAZA With the rapid growth of emerging energy storage markets such as concentrated solar power (CSP) and thermal power plant flexibility retrofits, the commercial deployment of molten salt energy storage technologies has accelerated significantly in recent years. In molten salt energy storage systems, storage tanks—used to contain high-temperature molten salt …
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Construction starts at triple-tower CSP in China Source: CSTA With warmer weather, excavation work begun in December, resumed at SUPCON Solar’s 350MW concentrated solar power (CSP) project in Delingha, Qinghai Province. Foundation excavation for the first of its three solar receiver towers is now complete. (Multi-tower CSP was one of the NEA award winners for …
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Two California electric utilities have moved to exit long-term contracts to buy power from Ivanpah, a unique first-of-its-kind utility-scale solar tower project that has delivered only around 70–80% of its projected annual generation since it began operating in 2014. The partners, which included Google, Pacific Gas & Electric, and Southern California Edison, have cited underperformance …