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How colocated PV and CSP would store solar energy in the molten salts thermal energy storage of a CSP plant Morocco’s 800 MW solar hybrid project at Midelt will be the first solar project in the world to include thermal (heat) storage of PV (Photovoltaic) as well as CSP (Concentrated Solar Power). Midelt’s first-of-a-kind hybrid …
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How colocated PV and CSP would store solar energy in the molten salts thermal energy storage of a CSP plant Morocco’s 800 MW solar hybrid project at Midelt will be the first solar project in the world to include thermal (heat) storage of PV (Photovoltaic) as well as CSP (Concentrated Solar Power). Midelt’s first-of-a-kind hybrid …
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Researchers investigate the geographic regions with the best solar resource and the most competitive financing to supply carbon free aviation fuel IMAGE@USAF The latest figures for aviation fuel use per year show that the world used 300 megatons of jet fuel annually in 2019, manufacturing them from fossil fuels. But a carbon-constrained future requires us to …
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IMAGE@Abengoa Solar thermal energy storage tanks at the 280 MW Solana CSP+TES project in Arizona (Two storage tanks would fit in a football field) CSP+TES match a 100% clean grid “best fit” needs – flexibility, reliability, dispatchability, durability – but utilities don’t know how to procure them It is common wisdom in the climate and …
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IMAGE@Abengoa Solar thermal energy storage tanks at the 280 MW Solana CSP+TES project in Arizona (Two storage tanks would fit in a football field) CSP+TES match a 100% clean grid “best fit” needs – flexibility, reliability, dispatchability, durability – but utilities don’t know how to procure them It is common wisdom in the climate and …
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IMAGE@Synhelion – The solar field of mirrors and tower for solar jet fuel production A Swiss startup is working on commercializing two routes to solar jet fuel with the help of Italy’s Eni, the 10th-largest oil company in the world. Synhelion plans to market aviation fuel in two stages; first, by 2022 to sell a …
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IMAGE@ATA Insights A recent forum in Sacramento sponsored by the World Bank and SolarPACES brought together Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) developers with energy buyers in the US western states to learn from each other how CSP’s low cost thermal energy storage (CSP+TES) fits in with a future 100% renewable grid. The ATA Insights forum; The …
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IMAGE@Fontina Petrakopoulou and Eduardo de la Rocha Camba analyzed the viability of the idea using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) based on underground temperature of 20°C in the arid Iberian Peninsula, for a hypothetical 20 MW CSP solar tower. This first concept entails 99 hectares of PVC tubes with a diameter of a half meter, sunk …
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IMAGE@HELIOVIS – How the pneumatic solar collector (right) is inflated inside a metal frame HELIOVIS has been running a demo plant in Spain for two years demonstrating their novel low-cost blow-up plastic tube solar collector for CSP. The small startup is fighting hard to get the industry-scale financial backing needed to introduce the technology and …
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IMAGE@News.cn Wet cooling of Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) plants would be preferable if there was plenty of available water, because it promotes greater thermal efficiency. However, most CSP tends to be built in very arid regions, and so for environmental reasons, developers increasingly get these solar thermal power projects permitted only by planning less-efficient dry …
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