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AUSTELA calls for hybrid contracts to recognise generation and storage capabilities of CSP as part of CIS consultation response

Source: PV Magazine The Australian Solar Thermal Energy Association (AUSTELA) has outlined changes that will be critical to attract long-duration dispatchable capacity into the National Electricity Market, in its response to a consultation on the Implementation Design Paper for the Capacity Investment Scheme (CIS). Dr Keith Lovegrove, Director of AUSTELA, said, “concentrating Solar Thermal Power …

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Power China has begun construction of the world’s only 200MW Tower CSP

In something of an experiment, Power China Northwest is building their new Tower CSP in western Haixi at 200 MW – twice the normal size. Perhaps updated optical efficiency at long distance has become possible due to advances in technology? Here; Power China’s first project; Gonghe 50 MW tower CSP in Qinghai Province.Tower CSP is …

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German industries to be paid to switch to low-carbon processes via CCfDs

News source: Hydrogen Insight Industrial users can bid for subsidies to switch to green H2 or other low-emissions technology Germany’s government has launched the first €4bn ($4.4bn) bidding round of its estimated €50bn Carbon Contracts for Difference (CCfD) programme, which will see heavy industry paid to switch to low-carbon processes — including those that use …

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India to issue a tender for a 500-MW concentrated solar-thermal power project

The 100 MW Tower CSP project, Jinta ZhongGuang by Cosin Solar News Source: Economic Times/Energy World The tender was announced by the Chairman and Managing Director R P Gupta of the Indian state-owned Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI). Probable locations for the project development will be Gujarat, Rajasthan, or Andhra Pradesh, New Delhi. “This will …

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Spain, one of the most attractive countries to develop thermal storage

News Source: El Periodico de la Energia It is estimated that by 2030, these technologies could electrify up to 8% of current global gas consumption, which would translate into a 2% reduction in global greenhouse gas emissions. In a world increasingly aware of the urgency of acting against climate change, the transition to renewable energy …

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Vast secures $40 million to build its solar fuel plant at Port Augusta to supply green methanol for shipping

Cargo shipping will be very different in 2050. Increasingly, the shipping industry is looking at green fuels to decarbonize, like solar methanol (a solar fuel produced with solar thermochemistry) News Source: RenewEconomy The developers of a solar thermal powered methanol production facility that will supply green fuel for shipping and aviation have bedded down $A40 …

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China Solar Thermal Alliance has published the Blue Book of China’s Concentrating Solar Power Industry in 2023

The 2023 edition of China’s very detailed Blue Book updates the current status of China’s CSP development, with the enabling legislation listed by month and by province, and provides all the details of the operation of the eight CSP projects completed by the end of 2023. This includes the power prices and investment costs of …

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Japan to pay 15 years cost difference to birth green hydrogen technologies

Methane Pyrolysis in a Liquid Metal Bubble Column Reactor [CfD or Contracts-for-Difference subsidies pay the difference between an entrenched energy technology and a newly developing one to bring down those costs till it has scaled-up. CfD policies in the UK for its first decade of offshore wind jumpstarted widespread deployment and resulting cost reductions.] Source: …

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SolarPACES 2022 Conference Proceedings published Open Access

SolarPACES 2022: Proceedings are being published Dear participants of the SolarPACES 2022 conference, We are delighted to announce the release of the SolarPACES 2022 conference proceedings on the TIB platform. Please be aware that the papers are being published sequentially. If you do not see your paper yet, we encourage you to regularly check the …

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Cosin begins heliostat assembly for 2 of 3 100MW Xinjiang tower CSP projects

Cosin solar heliostats Press Release: Cosin Solar On January 24, the first set of heliostats for the 100MW CT CSP project of the POWERCHINA Turpan Tuokexun CSP + PV Hybrid Project, being constructed by Cosin Solar, was successfully assembled. The project, located in Tuokexun County, Turpan City, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, is invested by POWERCHINA …

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