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Vast, a world-leader in concentrated solar thermal power (CSP), appoints experienced CSP executive Federico Sandoval as Project Director for VS1 in South Australia

Mr. Sandoval brings extensive international CSP project delivery experience to Vast as VS1 moves towards construction. Vast Solar Pty Ltd (“Vast” or the “Company”), a world-leader in concentrated solar thermal power (CSP), today announced the appointment of Federico Sandoval as its new Project Director for VS1, Vast’s 30MW / 288MWh CSP project in Port Augusta, …

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Australia’s Vast Concentrated Solar Power to include green methanol demo for shipping

Methanol is used to make many chemicals, but what makes producing green methanol most interesting for the future is that the shipping industry, finally having to deal with climate emissions, considers green methanol the most viable alternative to today’s fossil-based marine gas oil. “In the last 12 months, major international shipping companies including Maersk, CMA …

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Australia’s Vast CSP to include green methanol demo for shipping

Maersk has already ordered 19 vessels with dual-fuel engines able to operate on green methanol. Why Vast plans to include methanol production in their CSP project Methanol is used to make many chemicals, but what makes producing green methanol most interesting for the future is that the shipping industry, finally having to deal with climate …

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Published at Solar Energy – Techno-economic assessment of a numbering-up approach for a 100 MWe third generation sodium-salt CSP system

Abstract: This work presents the design and techno-economic analysis of a 100 MWe concentrated solar power (CSP) system using a supercritical CO2 power block with 700 °C input temperature. Aiming to leverage the relatively higher efficiency of small heliostat fields and potential multi-build discounts, a numbering-up approach is examined, developing four alternative configurations (1×100, 2×50, …

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Vast-CYD concentrated solar power project to create green manufacturing jobs in South Australia

Vast Solar, a leading developer of concentrated solar  power (CSP), is creating more green manufacturing jobs in South Australia through a CSP project development with global design and manufacturing company Contratos y Diseños Industriales (CYD). Located in Port Augusta, the 30MW/288 MWh project dubbed VS1 is designed to generate clean, low-cost, dispatchable power with over …

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Australia’s First Commercial Scale Concentrated Solar Power Plant Makes Progress

Plans to build Australia’s first commercial scale concentrated solar power plant in Port Augusta have taken a step forward with a new partnership. Vast has partnered with global design and manufacturing firm Contratos y Diseños Industriales (CYD) to facilitate early design work on its VS1 project, a 30MW/288MWh plant in South Australia. CYD will begin …

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Vast, a world-leader in concentrated solar power, announces partnership with CYD to model molten salt tank performance as VS1 project moves forward

Vast and CYD develop innovative Avatar Model to simulate and optimise molten salt tank operation in first utility-scale project deploying Vast’s world-leading clean energy technology. Vast Solar Pty Ltd («Vast» or the «Company»), a world-leader in concentrated solar thermal power (CSP), today announced a partnership with global design and manufacturing firm Contratos y Diseños Industriales …

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Tour Gen-3 solar receivers at the 29th SolarPACES Conference in October

29th SolarPACES Conference 2023 Technical Tour Australia Tour the pilot-scale sodium receiver and falling curtain particle receiver in Australia During the 29th SolarPACES Conference, a day trip from Sydney will take you on a Technical Tour of the CSIRO National Solar Energy Centre at Newcastle, where the working of two gen-3 receivers will be demonstrated: …

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Australian metals to decarbonize with GlassPoint’s solar steam

The new GlassPoint sells solar steam as a service, rather than requiring customers to buy the project “Now a lot of our pipeline of companies that we’re now in discussion with is in Australia, where electricity prices are high, so electrifying is just far too expensive,” he said. Ten years ago, GlassPoint CEO Rod MacGregor …

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