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Renewable energy has an important contribution to make in protecting the environment and climate. Solar power plants plays a particularly significant role here and has become more widespread in recent years due to photovoltaics. However, this technology does not yet offer an efficient means of energy storage. An alternative is concentrated solar power plants (CSP) …
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Aalborg CSP got a 600 MW solar boiler order in Dubai and a new collaboration with Shanghai Electric Group Corporation in China at the beginning of 2019. It became the turning point for SONY DSC , which in 2019 has been able to reap the fruits of two years of intensive work to take orders …
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Abengoa’s first full-scope third-party Concentrating Solar Power maintenance contract in Spain comes as new investors, ageing assets and potential new build place greater focus on operational efficiency, experts told New Energy Update. In January, pulp and biomass specialist Ence Energia y Celulosa awarded Abengoa a three-year operation and maintenance (O&M) contract for its 50 MW …
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The receiver tube technology developed by the ARCI team efficiently absorbs solar radiation and converts it into heat for the targeted applications, specially in industries. Scientists from the International Advanced Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy and New Materials (ARCI), Hyderabad, an autonomous institution under the Department of Science and Technology (DST), have developed a cost-effective …
ATA Insights invites you to attend the World Bank’s MENA CSP KIP capstone online conference: Concentrating Solar for Power and Heat (April 1-2, 2020) This final workshop of the World Bank’s Middle East & North Africa Concentration Solar Power Knowledge & Innovation Program will summarize the results of the Program’s activities over the past three years, …
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In January, pulp and biomass specialist Ence Energia y Celulosa awarded Abengoa a three-year operation and maintenance (O&M) contract for its 50 MW Termollano parabolic trough CSP plant in Puertollano, central Spain. The Termollano plant was commissioned in 2009 and Ence purchased the plant from power utility Iberdrola in late 2018 as part of a …
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Abengoa, Acciona install receiver at Chile’s Cerro Dominador EPC partners Abengoa and Acciona have installed the receiver at the 110 MW Cerro Dominador CSP tower project in Chile, Abengoa said in a statement March 5. Located in the Atacama Desert and due online this year, the Cerro Dominador plant is Latin America’s first CSP plant …
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ATA Insights invites you to attend the World Bank’s MENA CSP KIP capstone online conference: Concentrating Solar for Power and Heat (April 1-2, 2020) This final workshop of the World Bank’s Middle East & North Africa Concentration Solar Power Knowledge & Innovation Program will summarize the results of the Program’s activities over the past three years, …
Ecotherm, an Austrian provider of steam and heat transfer solutions, is now offering concentrating solar systems based on the Linear Fresnel collector technology that it acquired from its former business partner Fresnex. The latter had to go into administration in August 2019 because it could no longer secure enough funding. Since 2013, Fresnex had been …
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SaltX Technology’s partner in China, Shuangliang Boiler Co. LTD (Shuangliang), moves into the next phase of the pilot plant project. As part of the development work, design parameters have been set and a ton of nanocoated salt has been ordered. The pilot plant is planned to be completed during 2020. The salt will be used …