Category: CSP News Briefs

View of power block at the base of the Tower portion of the 950 MW DEWA project IMAGE@ACWA Power ACWA Power has announced the commercial operation of the world’s tallest solar power tower at its Noor Energy 1 project in Dubai. The 100 MW central tower is part of the 950 MW solar Independent Power …

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China prioritizes CSP in new rule “The power grid company is requested to give priority support to the grid connection and dispatching of the base projects equipped with solar thermal power” says a new government planning document. Source: CSPPlaza China National Energy Administration issued the Notice Related to Promoting the Large-scale Development of Solar Thermal …

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China CSP generating records – The Urat and Gonghe pilot projects join the Delingha project in reporting generating records in operation CSP Focus reports via email (More Detail is available for CSP Focus Membership.) 619MWh Daily Generation – Power China Gonghe 50MW Tower CSP Project Recently, the news came from Power China Gonghe 50MW Molten …

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ETH seeks Assistant Professor (Tenure Track) of Solar Energy Engineering Assistant Professor (Tenure Track) of Solar Energy Engineering The Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering (www.mavt.ethz.ch) at ETH Zurich invites applications for the above-​mentioned position. Successful applicants must demonstrate an excellent international record of research accomplishments in solar energy science and engineering. The new professor …

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CSIRO – Renewable Energy Storage Roadmap The CSIRO Renewable Energy Storage Roadmap identifies Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) as the lowest cost technology for long-duration renewable energy storage, among the storage technologies required to reach net zero in Australia. The CSIRO Renewable Energy Storage Roadmap outlines the significant role that concentrating solar thermal power (often referred to …

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First networking event of Women+ in Concentrated Solar Rebecca Mitchell works at NREL on algorithms to determine error of heliostats and she’s also creating a database on CSP education related materials. During the first networking event on March 9, 2023, she met with many CSP experts, who could provide her materials for her database. Also, …

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DOE looking for stakeholder advice to advance commercialization of solar fuels such as jet fuel, hydrogen and ammonia Source: U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO) The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO) has issued a request for information (RFI) on the technology needs and cost targets for …

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Among the challenges addressed during the particle-based high-temperature solar technology developed at Sandia is that at any one time, almost 3 tons of hot sand would be in free fall for about 5 seconds hitting the pile beneath at 60 meters a second.  The pilot at Sandia will demonstrate its next-generation high-temperature concentrated solar technology …

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