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Emirates Water and Electricity Company (EWEC) has announced that Noor Abu Dhabi, the world’s largest single solar project with a capacity of 1,177MW, has started commercial operations. The project will enable Abu Dhabi to increase its production of renewable energy and reduce the use of natural gas in electricity generation, reducing the emirate’s carbon dioxide …
Abengoa (the “Company”) (MCE: ABG/P:SM), the international company that applies innovative technology solutions for sustainability in the infrastructures, energy and water sectors held today its Ordinary General Shareholders’ Meeting, in which the company’s annual accounts were approved. During the meeting, the executive chairman of the company, Gonzalo Urquijo Fernandez de Araoz, took stock of 2018, …
The spanish company Refractaris participates in the construction in Dubai of the tallest solar tower in the world. With a height of 260 meters and capable of generating 100 megawatts, the solar thermal project is expected to be fully operational by the end of 2020. The tower is part of a hybrid project that includes …
CSP’s costs are dropping as the market gains steam in the Middle East and China. Can this once-promising technology regain its mojo? Concentrated solar power (CSP), a renewable energy technology that has more or less dropped off the radar in the U.S., is quietly becoming competitive elsewhere. A recent analysis of power generation costs from the …
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“Our “back of the envelop” communication with researchers is that the US $3 per gallon of gasoline equivalent (GGE) per kilogram of hydrogen could be obtainable,” said Al Maaitah, whose start-up VC invests in the beam-down solar concentrator to be tested in the UAE. Of the four types of Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) technologies, dish …
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The country’s first 100-megawatt molten salt concentrating solar thermal power plant in Dunhuang, Northwest China’s Gansu province, has successfully generated power while operating at full capacity. Nearly 20 hours of operating records show the systems at the concentrated solar power plant have been normal and stable. The facility also set a new record by generating …
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An estimated 550 MW of concentrating solar thermal power (CSP) came online in 2018, increasing cumulative global capacity more than 11% to just under 5.5 GW. CSP is also known as solar thermal electricity (STE). This annual increase represents the largest gain since 2014, and it occurred despite delays in several projects that had been …
From June 12th to 2:12 am June 13th, SUPCON SOLAR Delingha 50 MW Tower Concentrated Solar Power Plant has generated 863MWh electricity, setting new high of single-day output. The operation record of June 12th shows the molten salt temperature at receiver outlet reached 566℃(The design value is 565℃). At 5:40 pm, the hot salt tank …
Credit Suisse Energy Infrastructure Partners has completed the purchase of a 49% stake in 250 MW of Spanish Concentrated Solar Power capacity from ContourGlobal, Credit Suisse announced May 22. ContourGlobal, a UK-based power plant investment group, purchased the five 50 MW assets from Spain’s Acciona last year. The plants are situated in south-west Spain and …
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The sixth China International CSP station conference (CPC2019), which will be held in Suzhou, China, on July10th~12th. Based on Chinese CSP market, aiming at connecting global CSP enterprises, “Building the Global CSP Community” is the theme of this conference. Since 2014, the CSPPLAZA annual conference has been consecutively held for five years with nearly 4000 participants in …
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