Acciona-Abengoa consortium celebrates international workers’ day at the Cerro Dominador Concentrated Solar Power Plant

The day, which was celebrated on 1 May, recognised the important health and safety work carried out on the project, as well as those workers whose contribution has helped to bring about greater safety on the project. The consortium formed by ACCIONA and Abengoa to construct the Cerro Dominador solar-thermal power plant, a project owned …

Top Steelmaker Tests Thermal Energy Storage in Slag Byproduct to Cut CO2

Thermal energy stored in steel slag could replace fossil fuels used for heat in steel production Slag is the steel industry’s biggest waste byproduct. It could find a use: to cut the carbon emissions from steel production Starting this year, thermal energy researchers in Spain’s Basque Country will test the use of slag as thermal …

The concentrated solar power generated 2% of electricity in Spain

Renewable energies accounted for 41.9% of electricity demand in Spain in April 2019: wind power 24.8%, solar thermal 2% and photovoltaic 3.4%. Generation structure of April 2019 Wind power generation was the leading technology for monthly electricity production in the Peninsula and represented 24.8% of the total. 41.9% of the peninsular generation in April was …

Is UAE Leading the Way for Concentrated Solar Power in GCC?

In April 2019, the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) published a report on a “roadmap to 2050” in terms of renewable energy. The report highlighted the possibility that by 2050, about 86 percent of the world’s power demands could be met by renewable power. It also highlighted that 50 percent of global electricity production could …

Rising wind energy and PV capacity in Texas will improve the business case for Concentrated Solar Power

Rising power demand and renewables in Texas could support several gigawatts of Concentrated Solar Power capacity in the 2030s but gas and battery prices remain a key risk for developers, Caitlin Murphy, Senior Energy Policy Analyst at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), told New Energy Update. Cost reductions pursued by CSP developers could reinvigorate …

2019 China International Concentrated Solar Power Conference

In 2018, three Chinese demonstration Concentrated Solar Power projects with a total capacity of 200MW have been put into operation. In 2019,China will continue to develop CSP market vigorously, and there are 350MW new installed capacity will be added. Meanwhile, SEPCO 3and NWEPDI have been fully involved in the construction of Morocco NOOR2&3 CSP projects;Shanghai …

IEA urges Morocco to scale up renewables; ACWA Power deepens power ties with China

Morocco must scale up renewables to hit climate targets: IEA Morocco must scale up private and public investment in renewable energy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in line with its commitments under the 2015 Paris Agreement, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said in a new report on Morocco’s energy policy. Morocco has set a target …

Concentrated Solar Power with energy storage to ensure stable and reliable power supply

Concentrated Solar Power with thermal storage will bridge dispatchable energy gap according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. The company’s latest report ‘Energy Storage – A Key Determinant for the Future of Concentrated Solar Power Market‘ reveals that retirements of coal based plants and increase in influx of intermittent renewable power sources in order …

IEA publishes new review of Morocco’s energy policies’s energy policies

Morocco is pursuing an ambitious energy transition pathway. But reductions in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, in line with the country’s commitments to the Paris Agreement, will require the scaling up of private and public investments. The IEA’s review provides detailed recommendations to maintain the momentum for reform and increase ambitions for the country’s energy …