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Concentrated solar increases heat market share Solar industrial heat is on a growth path. A worldwide survey of project developers shows an extremely positive trend for the next few years. 62 plants with 331 MW are being planned – half of them in Europe. The Solar Industrial Heat Outlook 2023-2026 presents the results of the …
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The long delayed Shagaya solar project is finally underway. Kuwait already has one 50 MW CSP project, which has been in operation since 2019. Now it has begun the bidding for an additional 200 MW of CSP. [See SolarPACES-NREL full technical details of Kuwait’s first CSP project 50 MW of Trough CSP] Kuwait is set …
IMAGE@MASEN The 200 MW of trough CSP now being commissioned in the 700 MW DEWA CSP project follows the 100 MW Tower CSP complex already online Dubai, UAE: Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has commissioned the second 200 megawatt (MW) unit of the parabolic trough complex in the 4th phase of the Mohammed bin …
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Cosin Solar now supplies 1 GW of China’s tower CSP Press Release: Cosin Solar Sealing One More Deal, Cosin Solar’s Total Tower CSP Projects Hit 1GW! Cosin Solar Technology Co., Ltd. (“Cosin Solar”) and State Power Investment Shandong Electric Power Engineering Consulting Institute Co., Ltd. (“SDEPCI”) signed the contract for Solar Field , MSR Systems …
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Tibet to get a new 100 MW tower CSP project- IMAGE@Supcon/Cosin Solar of its 60 MW tower CSP Total capacity of solar: The project has an overall planned installed capacity of 650MW, including a 100MW thermal storage solar thermal power generation project and a 550MW photovoltaic power generation project. The project will be constructed in …
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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO) announced the Solar-thermal Fuels and Thermal Energy Storage Via Concentrated Solar-thermal Energy funding opportunity, which will award $30 million for projects to produce fuels via renewable energy resources and improve thermal energy storage technologies. The research, development, and demonstration projects resulting from this funding …
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Do you want to become a mentor? Women+ in Concentrated Solar is starting a mentorship program for women and other underrepresented genders in the concentrated solar sector, to help our mentees grow as professionals. In a first step, we are looking for mentors (all gender identities welcome). Mentors will be expected to meet with their mentee(s) once a month for …
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Solar hydrogen testing has begun at the CSIRO test site in Australia. The concentrated solar falling particle receiver seen here reaches the high temperatures used for solar thermochemistry. SolarPACES Conference 2023 will include a site tour here. IMAGE@Wil Gardner, CSIRO Tests are underway on a cutting edge renewable hydrogen technology that is being backed by …
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All of Egypt has a much higher solar resource for concentrated solar power than most regions. Its DNI is at least 2000 kWh/m2 even along the northern coast, making this ideal for 100% solar desalination with CSP. According to Fady Elsayed Senior Project Development Manager, Southern Africa, at Infinity Power, the Egyptian Government has launched …
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Cosin wins 200 MW CSP bid for solar field of heliostats and molten salt thermal storage system Press Release: Cosin wins 200 MW bid for solar field and MSR system On September 7, we received the “Notification of Award” from CGN China Nuclear Power Engineering Co., Ltd., confirming that Cosin Solar has won the contract …
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