Concentrated Solar Power Project Tenders Last Week (Mar.18-24) in China

Auxiliary Equipment Tenders (Batch 3) Confirmed – Yumen Xinao 100MW Concentrated Solar Power Project On March 21, China Tender International Co., Ltd. was commissioned by Northwest Electric Power Design Institute Co., Ltd. (NWEPDI) to conduct domestic public competitive procurement for the procurement of auxiliary equipment for 100MW CSP project (batch 3) of Yumen Xinao 100MW …

Concentrated Solar Power Project Tenders Last Week (Mar.11-17) in China

SEPCO3 and BAOWU signed the EPC contract of Tibet Zabuye Integrated Energy Supply Project March 9, SEPCO3 and Baowu Clean Energy Co., Ltd. signed an EPC contract for the Tibet Zabuyeyuan Integrated Energy Supply Project in Shanghai. Qian Feng, Chairman of Baowu Qingneng Company; Wang Li, Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of the …

Shams Concentrated Solar Power: Ten years of renewable energy, reducing emissions

The Shams Concentrated Solar Power planr in the Al Dhafra Region will enter a new decade after a series of successes, underscoring the UAE’s leadership in renewable environmentally-friendly energy, and coinciding with the Year of Sustainability and the preparations to host COP28 in November 2023. Ten years after its establishment, the concentrated solar power station …

Concentrated Solar Power Project Tenders Last Week (Mar.4-10) in China

Molten Salt Trough Collector Joint Connection Test Platform will be Built in Ali Tibet On March 6, POWERCHINA Zhongnan Engineering Corporation Limited released the public announcement of the procurement results of the molten salt trough collector joint connection test platform for CGN Ali 50MW CSP & 100MW PV Project, whose winning supplier is Hunan Industrial …

Concentrated Solar Power Plants with Molten Salt Storage: Economic Aspects and Perspectives in the European Union

Concentrated solar power plants belong to the category of clean sources of renewable energy. The paper discusses the possibilities for the use of molten salts as storage in modern CSP plants. Besides increasing efficiency, it may also shift their area of application: thanks to increased controllability, they may now be used not only to cover …

Redstone Concentrated Solar Power Project On Track In South Africa

The Redstone Solar Plant is in the Humansrus Solar Park between Tsanstabane and Kgatelopele in the Northern Cape, with construction underway. On completion, which is expected around 2023, 100 megawatts (MW) of power will be added to the national grid. The plant will be operational by early 2024. The South Africa Department of Energy (DOE) …

China: Concentrated Solar Power Project Tenders Last Week (Feb.27-Mar.3)

Project Supervisor Tender – SPIC Shanshan 100MW CSP Project On February 24, SPIC Henan Company invited public bids for the construction supervision of 100MW CSP project of SPIC Shanshan 1GW CSP+PV Project. This section does not accept consortium bids.   Turbine bypass device Tender- Akesai Huidong New Energy CSP + PV Pilot Project Recently, a …

Next-Generation Concentrating Solar Power Particle Receivers Enable Inexpensive Electricity Generation with Energy Storage

To help propel new forms of renewable energy, the Department of Energy’s Solar Energy Technologies Office has been encouraging development of next generation concentrating solar power (CSP) systems. CSP systems offer a distinct advantage over photovoltaics by enabling energy storage through means other than batteries. CSP uses a field of mirrors (heliostats) to concentrate sunlight …

Vast Solar Concentrated Solar Power reference plant, VS1 Port Augusta, to receive $65 million funding from ARENA

Vast Solar has welcomed the Minister for Climate Change and Energy’s and the Australian Renewable Energy Agency’s (ARENA) announcement that it has approved funding of $65 million for VS1, Vast Solar’s 30MW/ 288MWh reference plant in Port Augusta, South Australia.  The funding is another step forward for the project, which will create hundreds of jobs …

Women in CSP group attracts over 100 initial members, starts website

At the last SolarPaces Conference in Albuquerque, a group of women researchers in Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) formed a group aiming to attract and empower women at all levels to develop the skills and expertise the technology requires to foster new leaders in accelerating the world’s energy towards renewables. The group has created a SolarPACES-affiliated …