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The U.S. National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) launched October 1 a global study of best practices for CSP plant construction, start-up and operations and maintenance (O&M). The 12-month study, which is funded by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and co-funded by the World Bank and the SolarPACES CSP initiative, will collect information from a …
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US allocates $12 million to high-temperature CSP research The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has allocated $12 million of federal funding to 15 projects that will research high-temperature CSP components and systems, the DOE announced October 23. “These projects will develop materials and designs for collectors, power cycles, and thermal transport systems that can withstand …
Mining companies are increasingly turning towards solar and wind power contracts, attracted by falling costs and environmental targets. Miners typically use fossil fuel power generation, either on or off-grid, and they face rising carbon reduction requirements in the coming years. The quest for lower power costs will be the main driver of renewables demand from …
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The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, or EBRD, plans to finance an ambitious bioenergy program in Ukraine next year, EBRD officials said in Kyiv on Oct. 16. Sergiy Maslichenko, Associate Director for Energy Efficiency and Climate Change for the EBRD in Ukraine, said the bank was preparing to finance 10 or 15 projects with …
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How solar desalination plants can change life… The Trans Africa Pipeline is the first permanent solution to end devastating drought and increasing desertification across the Sahel region of northern Africa. The Trans Africa Pipeline (TAP) is an 8,000 km. long freshwater pipeline which will provide clean, potable drinking water to 28-30 million people in 11 …
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