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Last few days for the 2020 SolarPACES Conference discounted early bird tickets! Be quick and save money by registering early! Attend the SolarPACES 2020 online conference from September 28 – October 2, 2020. By registering until September 6 (midnight pacific time) you can still benefit from the discounted early bird tickets. >> Register Now! Detailed Program …
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The Solatom Fresnel solar collector is designed to be shipped in a container IMAGE@Solatom When selling to any small business, it is psychologically easier to sell a product that is already made than a project that first will need to be constructed on site. Solatom, a new solar thermal firm has based their business model …
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State Owned Enterprises can be very popular, especially when they yield an annual dividend to households as in New Zealand (Aotearoa is its indigenous Maori name). Here, Aucklanders protest a proposal to privatize them IMAGE @Cory Anderson The USA seems like the most unlikely nation to nationalize a clean energy resource for the public good. …
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IMAGE@SolarDynamics flex hose test One conundrum for the two main Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) technologies is how to be both bankable and efficient. Parabolic trough CSP is often considered more bankable, while central tower plants are more efficient. Trough technology is about a decade older than tower and has built up experienced supply chains, making …
Continue reading “Promising Test Results for Molten Salts in Trough CSP”
Pinjarra Alumina refinery in Australia IMAGE@Alcoa Commercializing alumina refining using solar heat Approximately 27% of Australia’s industrial carbon emissions come from alumina refineries, in which fossil fuels are burned to heat the processes. But concentrated solar thermal (CST) could provide up to half of the heat needed. Australian researchers have for the first time demonstrated …
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IMAGE@SolarDynamics flex hose test One conundrum for the two main Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) technologies is how to be both bankable and efficient. Parabolic trough CSP is often considered more bankable, while central tower plants are more efficient. Trough technology is about a decade older than tower and has built up experienced supply chains, making …
Continue reading “Promising Test Results for Molten Salts in Trough CSP ”
Heliostats for Tower CSP IMAGE@NREL Engineers generally tend to be solutions-oriented, and engineers in Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) are no different. A history of making things better than they were is why we now have advanced technologies. As Hal Harvey, founder of Energy Innovation told the NYT opinion columnist Tom Friedman: “A prime difference between …
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IMAGE@DLR Product composition from redox processes in solar SMR and DMR in comparison with conventional methane reforming Solar fuels like hydrogen have the potential to be next generation energy carriers for a carbon-constrained world. Green hydrogen and other solar fuels could replace fossil fuels used for most transport; replacing heavy fuel oil used by container …
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IMAGE@DLR Product composition from redox processes in solar SMR and DMR in comparison with conventional methane reforming Solar fuels like hydrogen have the potential to be next generation energy carriers for a carbon-constrained world. Green hydrogen and other solar fuels could replace fossil fuels used for most transport; replacing heavy fuel oil used by container …
Continue reading “Which is the Most Efficient Way to Make Solar Fuels from Methane? ”
Synhelion is researching and developing technology to produce synthetic gas from air and sunlight. This can be processed into fuel that can be burned in standard engines IMAGE@Synhelion Flughafen Zürich AG commits to ETH spin-off Synhelion for CO2 reduction Flughafen Zürich AG aims to cut its CO2 emissions to zero net by 2050. The coronavirus …
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