bcb is in charge of the supply, commissioning and start up of an innovative system for measuring solar attenuation in the world’s largest CSP plant, located in Mohammed bin Rashid Solar Park in Dubai. The complex is currently under construction and has 700 MW of CSP (with a 100 MW tower and 3x200MW of parabolic …
Río Negro y Jujuy planean asociarse para energía termosolar
El gobernador de Jujuy Gerardo Morales propuso este viernes en Bariloche una asociación de la empresa rionegrina Invap y la jujeña JEMSE, para competir en el mercado de la generación de energía termosolar y el desarrollo de baterías de litio. “La idea es constituir una empresa conjunta y que las patentes de desarrollo le pertenezcan …
Continue reading “Río Negro y Jujuy planean asociarse para energía termosolar”
Spanish government approves energy storage strategy
The Spanish government on Tuesday approved the energy storage strategy, targeting some 20 GW of storage capacity in 2030 and reaching 30 GW by 2050 from today’s 8.3 GW. Storage that is currently available in Spain comes mainly from pumped hydro and concentrated solar power (CSP) plants, to which the government wants to add large-scale …
Continue reading “Spanish government approves energy storage strategy”
Efficiency limits of next-generation hybrid photovoltaic- concentrated solar power technology
Solar energy is one of the most abundant renewable energy sources, and effective solar technologies have great potential to alleviate the grand challenges of rising global energy demands, while reducing associated emissions. Solar energy is capable of satisfying the electrical and thermal-energy needs of diverse end-users by means of photovoltaic (PV) and solar thermal (ST) …
European Solar Thermal Electricity Association, ESTELA, welcomes the long-awaited auction for renewable energy for the period of 2020-2025 in Spain
As expected, the total volume of 3 GW to be awarded in this first auction in Spain is split into 1 GW of wind power and 2 GW of photovoltaic (PV). As this very first auction is a non-specific tender, neither storage, manageability of delivery with a specific quota reserved for Concentrated Solar Power were …
Experiment with Liquid Metals in Thermocline Energy Storage at Karlsruhe
One of the ways to cut costs in thermal energy storage, whether standalone or as part of tower Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) is to use heat transfer fluids able to reach higher temperatures, and with a wider working range between hot and cold than today’s molten salts with their working range between “cold” at 290°C …
Continue reading “Experiment with Liquid Metals in Thermocline Energy Storage at Karlsruhe”
Tracking the Chinese Concentrated Solar Power market
China, like America or Australia, is a place where things come in big helpings. The country is home to the world’s largest radio telescope, dam and wind farm project, to name but a few records. So it is hardly any surprise that China has big plans for CSP, too. At Pacific Green Solar Technologies, we …
Continue reading “Tracking the Chinese Concentrated Solar Power market”
Azelio Installation at Khalifa University’s Masdar Institute Solar Platform to Demonstrate Renewable Energy 24/7
Using a recycled aluminium alloy to store the heat from the day’s sunshine allows the MISP to produce electricity 24/7 The world is moving continuously towards using sources of energy that are more sustainable than the fossil fuels on which we predominantly rely today. Solar power is one of the most promising renewable energy …
SUPCON SOLAR Delingha 50MW Molten Salt Tower Concentrated Solar Power Plant Passed the Technical Assessment of Fichtner
Recently, Delingha 50MW Molten Salt Tower CSP Plant, constructed by Zhejiang SUPCON SOLAR Technology Co., Ltd. (SUPCON SOLAR), has passed complete technical assessment of Fichtner, a German independent engineering consultancy company. In the assessment report, Fichtner considers the design of the plant corresponds to state-of-the-art design of similar plants in the world, the self-developed heliostat and control system and other core …
Botswana is Now Looking for Bids to Build 200 MW of Concentrated Solar Power
Under a new integrated resource plan published by the government in December 2020, Botswana plans to build 200 MW of CSP capacity by 2026. The procurement process will start this year, it said. The plan, which received the backing of Botswana and Namibia government officials and the World Bank, proposed a phased approach to large-scale …
Continue reading “Botswana is Now Looking for Bids to Build 200 MW of Concentrated Solar Power”

