First Access Campaign of SFERA III The first SFERA III access campaign has been launched with the following timetable: 4th of March 2019 : Call open and submission of the project proposals. Check conditions for application 18th of March : Webinar session to inform on the call conditions and templates to fill – F 5th of April 2019: …
South Africa OKs Start-up of SENER’s Day-to-Night Solar Thermal Energy: Ilanga-1
SENER’s Ilanga-1 100 MW CSP with 5 hours of storage certified to start in South Africa IMAGE@-SENER.jpg Ilanga-1 has been certified to initiate commercial operation of its day-into-night solar CSP facility, now that construction, commissioning and testing is complete Press Release: Johannesburg (South Africa), 5 December 2018 – SENER, global engineering and technology group, together …
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First-Ever Conference on the Role of CSP in Decarbonising the Mediterranean and Middle East: Cyprus and Online
. Prof. Manuel Blanco, European Research Area (ERA) Chair in Solar Thermal Technologies for the Eastern Mediterranean of the Energy Division of the Cyprus Institute’s Energy, Environment and Water Research Center (EEWRC) & Vice-Chair of SolarPACES announces the first-ever international conference on the role of CSP in climate mitigation through decarbonising the energy sector, to be …
Glasspoint Signs up 2nd Oman Solar EOR Project at Twice the Size: 2 GWth
GlassPoint just signed an agreement with a second oil company operating in Oman to facilitate oil production by the use of 2 GWth solar-generated steam replacing fossil fuel-generated steam. As reported at SolarPACES previously, GlassPoint’s first EOR project in Oman was 1 GWth. This new deal with Houston-based Occidental Petroleum (“Oxy”) at the Sultanate’s Mukhaizna …
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Q&A on Chile’s CSP Lessons Learned: Carlos Arenas Coronil
Source: Center for Mediterranean Integration Lessons learned in Chile’s CSP program: A Word with Carlos Arenas Coronil, former Regional Secretary, Northern Chile Region CM. You have pushed for the development of concentrating solar power in Chile from the very beginning, why do you think CSP is a good choice for Chile? CA. I’ll give you …
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ARPA-E Awardees Aim to Store Energy for up to 4 Days
Source: ARPA-E Under Secretary for Science Paul Dabbar announced the DAYS awardees today at the Innovation XLab Energy Storage Summit at SLAC National Laboratory IMAGE@ARPA-e The U.S. Department of Energy has announced the selection of 10 projects as part of a new Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) program, DAYS; Duration Addition to electricitY Storage. Awardees …
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SolarReserve’s Aurora Solar Project Signs MOU for 13,000 Aussie Heliostats
SolarReserve’s heliostats for Australia’s Port Augusta solar thermal energy project are to be made in South Australia by Heliostat SA IMAGE@NREL US solar developer SolarReserve has just signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Australian firm Heliostat SA, to partner in manufacturing and assembling heliostats and heliostat components for the 150 MW Aurora …
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China’s First Commercial CSP Project Has Begun Operation
After first connecting to the grid in July, the 50MW Delingha CSP project has begun commercial operation today IMAGE @ HelioCSP Source: China National Solar Thermal Energy Alliance The Delingha 50MW solar thermal power plant constructed by CGN New Energy, a subsidiary of China General Nuclear Power Corporation, in the northwestern province of Qinghai was …
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Final Testing for 150 MW Noor III Tower CSP
IMAGE @ SENER SENER is about to start the final tests at Noor Ouarzazate III, after completing the first synchronization of the 150 MW Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) plant to the Moroccan grid. With these milestones, SENER starts the last phase before the plant’s commercial operation and final delivery to the client. This plant is the second unit …
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IEA: China Overtaking US in Concentrated Solar Power by 2023
Source: IEA: Renewables 2018 Market analysis and forecast from 2018 to 2023 With 1.9 GW coming online, China is expected to overtake the United States to have the second-largest CSP (Concentrated Solar Power) installed capacity by 2023, as global deployment nearly doubles over the next five years from today’s 5 GW. CSP is expected to grow …
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