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The CSP project by DEWA broke records from its very beginning, with ACWA Power’s then-record-low priced PPA at just 7 cents per kWh, and now with the most thermal energy storage in the world at almost 6,000 MWh of solar energy stored in molten salts to run the CSP thermal power block daily. The world’s …
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Sun-to-Liquid was a game-changing project that jumpstarted a new era in solar fuels. Now Sun-to-Liquid II is launched Round II of Sun-to-Liquid is launched: This initiative will demonstrate the scalability and high efficiency of producing sustainable synthetic fuel from CO2, water, and sunlight. Synhelion is one of the industry partners for the project, providing the …
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The system as a whole resembles a train of box-shaped reactors running on a circular track. In practice, this track would be set around the solar thermal source. MIT engineers aim to produce totally green, carbon-free hydrogen fuel with a new, train-like system of reactors that is driven solely by the sun. In a study …
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2023 Heliostat-Prize The American-Made Heliostat Prize is a $3 million competition designed to accelerate technology innovation through the design, development, and demonstration of key components of heliostats. Heliostats are devices that tilt mirrors to track the sun and reflect sunlight toward a receiver. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO) is …
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The Gonghe CSP project – Cosin Solar (as then Supcon) was the solar field supplier. Cosin Solar is currently in construction on the tower and solar field for the 100 MW Jinta Zhongguang CSP project, one of the thirty CSP projects now in development and one of three in construction as of 2023. Recently, the …
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Join the EuroPaTMoS (European Parabolic Trough with Molten Salt) European Research Project Webinar: Advancements in Molten Salt for Concentrated Solar Power Systems: We are excited to invite you to an enlightening webinar presenting the outcomes of the EuroPaTMoS European research project. In collaboration with nine esteemed partners from four different countries: German Aerospace Center (DE), …
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EuroTrough for CSP in Tibet The EuroTrough technology, developed by sbp sonne, has been selected for China’s newest CSP power plant in Tibet. sbp sonne will provide the technology and engineering service for this challenging site at an elevation of 4,500 meters in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China. The ZhabuYe Parabolic Trough power plant …
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Summer school SFERA At the 4th SFERA-III Doctoral Colloquium and Summer School, around fifty young researchers from all over the world met in Cologne from 11 to 15 September 2023. Doctoral students from the Institute of Solar Research and the Institute of Future Fuels exchanged expertise with their European colleagues and made valuable contacts. On …
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GlassPoint to build a factory in Saudi Arabia to mass-produce its gigantic lightweight trough solar collectors for industrial steam. [One of the earliest recognitions of GlassPoint’s innovation in concentrated solar thermal was the SolarPACES Technology Innovation Award 2016 for its innovative trough CST enclosed inside glasshouses for generating steam directly for EOR. Now a Saudi …
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SolarPACES Lifetime Achievement Award 2023 Robert Pitz-Paal and Eduardo Zarza The SolarPACES network, under the auspices of the International Energy Agency (IEA), has presented this year’s Lifetime Achievement Award to a duo: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Robert Pitz-Paal from the German Aerospace Center (DLR) and Dr. Eduardo Zarza from the Spanish research centre CIEMAT. SolarPACES thus acknowledges …