A growing need to store excess renewable energy is driving Australia to look at a range of storage plants and technologies. The region requires a lot of reliable and affordable energy storage, from batteries and other sources, not just because it must push hard to hit its climate goals but also because it has a …
Three Gorges’ new Chinese CSP project trials a double solar field
One of the new CSP projects being built by Three Gorges Renewables is a novel dual-tower design at Guazhou, in Gansu Province: Construction images below Three Gorges Renewables (of Three Gorges Dam hydropower fame) is building a novel configuration for one of the three new CSP projects it is building in China, this one at …
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Molten salt melt starts for huge 700 MW DEWA CSP project
The thermal energy storage tanks for the molten salt at DEWA’s 700 MW CSP project NOOR I at the Mohammed bin Rashid Solar Park in Dubai, UAE. IMAGE@Herlogas Herlogas, in collaboration with Shanghai Electric, has now successfully melted 340.000 tons of salt for molten salt thermal energy storage and preheated 14 salt tanks at the …
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