The five projects of Concentrated Solar Power in folder after Cerro Dominador

According to the information delivered to ELECTRICIDAD by the Corfo Solar Committee, these initiatives have their Environmental Qualification Resolution (RCA) approved to develop this type of technology in the country. Five are Solar Power Concentration (CSP) projects that meet their approved Environmental Qualification Resolution (RCA) in the Environmental Assessment Service, which add up to a …

Aalborg CSP secures flat panel order for industrial solar heating plant in Denmark

From this summer and onwards, thousands of people travelling across the Great Belt in Denmark will get to see renewable energy in full bloom in the shape of a 11,733 m² solar field. The Danish renewable energy specialist, Aalborg CSP, has landed the project and will be delivering an 8 MWth solar district heating plant …

SolarReserve to miss fin close deadline for 150-MW Australia Concentrated Solar Power project

SolarReserve has failed to secure in time funds for its 150-MW Aurora concentrated solar power (CSP) plant project in South Australia so it plans to sell it to a third party. The announcement was made by the South Australian government on Friday as a confirmation that the project will not go ahead under SolarReserve’s control. …

Israel Builds World‘s Largest Concentrated Solar Power Tower

The Ashalim concentrated solar power and thermal electric power plant in Israel’s Negev Desert is up and running. The state-of-the-art facility is equipped with more than 50,000 computer-controlled heliostats or mirrors, which can track the sun in two dimensions and reflect the sunlight onto a boiler placed on top of a tower measuring 240 m-high …

Concentrated Solar Power mini tower developer predicts costs below $50/MWh

Vast Solar’s modular Concentrated Solar Power tower plant with sodium transfer fluid will be competitive with coal and gas plants at scale and the Australian developer could build its first commercial plant by 2022, Craig Wood, CEO of Vast Solar, told New Energy Update. Australia’s Vast Solar is making the leap from a 1.1 MW …

Azelio signs MOU for reliable electricity supply in Pakistan

Azelio signs a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Pakistani company JD Aviation for reliable and sustainable electricity supply in Pakistan. The MOU is a first step in introducing the technology to the market in Pakistan. A market characterized by an unreliable electricity grid and good solar conditions, where long-term energy storage with cost-effective electricity …

The concentrated solar power generated 2.4% of electricity in March in Spain

Once the effects of the calendar and the temperatures have been corrected, the peninsular demand of the month has been 4.5% lower than the same month of the previous year. 43.5% of the peninsular generation was renewable energy (wind energy 24.2%, solar thermal 2.4% and photovoltaic 3.9%) and 70.9% did not emit CO2. Generation structure …

Saudi Arabia shines a light on future of concentrated solar power

Saudi Arabia is embracing a new, more efficient way to harness solar power for electricity, inspired by its role as the main developer in one of the world’s largest renewable energy projects, the Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum Solar Park in Dubai. Concentrated solar power (CSP), which makes up a large part of the project, has …

CSP mini tower developer predicts costs below $50/MWh

Vast Solar recently announced plans to build a 50 MW CSP-PV plant in New South Wales, Australia, which includes 30 MW of CSP capacity and 10 hours of molten salt energy storage capacity. The A$240 million Reference Plant project represents the first large-scale deployment of Vast Solar’s innovative CSP plant design, which features multiple small …

World’s largest CSP project achieves financial closure; US announces $33mn CSP funding

Record-breaking Dubai CSP project completes financing Dubai Electricity Water Authority (DEWA), Saudi Arabia’s ACWA Power and China’s Silk Road Fund have reached financial closure on the 950 MW Noor Energy 1 CSP-PV project in Dubai, the partners announced March 24. The $4.4 billion Noor Energy 1 project is the world’s largest single CSP project and …