Abstract With the evolution of electricity market mechanisms and the increasing penetration of renewable energy, traditional empirical operation strategies for concentrating solar power (CSP) plants are becoming inadequate to meet the demands for system flexibility and economic efficiency. CSP-photovoltaic (PV) hybrid power plants have emerged as key support, effectively combining the regulatable thermal storage of …
Published at Journal of Energy Storage – Simulation and techno-economic optimization of a PV-CSP hybrid system with thermal energy storage under stability-oriented operation strategy
Abstract: Photovoltaic (PV) systems are renowned for low electricity generation costs, but their intermittent and non-dispatchable generation poses significant challenges to grid stability and curtailment. Concentrated solar power (CSP), equipped with thermal energy storage (TES), can provide firm, dispatchable power, but its wide deployment is constrained by high capital and operating costs. To address limitations …
DEWA’s 950MW CSP+PV solar park powering Dubai gets refinanced
Source: Dubai Government Media Office His Excellency Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA), announced the successful refinancing of the Noor Energy 1 project at USD 2.70 billion, well ahead of the target date, during a speech delivered at Al Sheraa Building, DEWA’s headquarters, in …
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China’s ambitious new grid rules are designed to deliver more renewables
China’s new grid rules are designed to ensure that more renewables will be delivered IMAGE©Xinhua China’s latest Five-Year Plan aims to actually absorb all the new renewable energy it continues to add each year. (A surge in CSP plants among them) Renewables have been built faster than the grid can absorb. In 2025 alone, China …
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Zhifeng Wang wins the 2026 SolarPACES Lifetime Achievement Award
On the closing day of SolarPACES 2026 in Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, Germany, Zhifeng Wang from the Chinese Academy of Science, Institute for Electrical Engineering was recognized with the Lifetime Achievement Award for his transformative leadership in advancing CSP in China. Professor Wang’s daughter accepted the award on his behalf. Professor Wang compiled China’s first national standard …
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PowerChina connects 1 GW solar hybrid to the grid at Talatan
From China Solar Thermal Alliance: October 1, 2026 PowerChina has connected its 1 GW (1000 MW) Gonghe solar project to the grid in the Talatan solar park in Gonghe County, Hainan Prefecture, Qinghai Province. (The gigantic Talatan solar park was made famous in the West, in an article in the NYT) The PowerChina tower CSP …
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