Morocco’s Noor Ouarzazate plant, the largest concentrated solar power plant in the world, could power more than one million homes, CNN said in a focus on the Kingdom’s renewable energy projects. “Built on an area of more than 3,000 hectares – the size of 3,500 football fields – The Noor Ouarzazate complex- produces enough electricity …
Kathu Solar Park (South Africa) constructed by Acciona and SENER came into commercial on 30 January
With an installed capacity of 100 MW, it will allow clean energy to be supplied to 179,000 homes in the Northern Cape region (northern South Africa) and prevent the emission of six million tonnes of CO2 into the atmosphere over the next 20 years. The plant incorporates SENERTrough®-2 parabolic trough collectors and a molten salt …
ENGIE starts operations of Kathu, a 100 MW Concentrated Solar Power Plant and one of South Africa’s largest renewable energy projects
ENGIE (www.Engie.com) is pleased to announce that commercial operation was achieved on 30 January 2019 for the 100 MW Kathu Solar Park in South Africa. This state of the art plant is a greenfield Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) project with parabolic trough technology and equipped with a molten salt storage system that allows for 4.5 …
Shanghai Electric reports on Dubai 950 MW Concentrated Solar Power + PV solar power project
Shanghai Electric, as the EPC contractor of Dubai 950 MW CSP+PV solar complex, the fourth phase of Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park, made a detailed report on the huge solar power plant during the Press Release in Beijing. The fourth phase of the solar park will use three technologies to produce 950 MW …
Solar field completed for Power China 50 MW molten salt tower Concentrated Solar Power project
Power China Gonghe 50MW Molten Salt Tower Concentrated Solar Power Project, as one of China first batch of pilot CSP projects, is under great progress and supposed to be commissioned in middle of 2019. The project Solar Field EPC SUPCON Solar says, up to date, all the 30,016 pieces of heliostats have been installed this …
China Concentrated Solar Power entrants bolster IP licenses, services to secure growth
Western Concentrated Solar Power companies operating in China must focus on robust intellectual property (IP) licenses and deeper supply and services bases to retain a share of the fastest-growing Concentrated Solar Power market, industry experts told New Energy Update. China’s Concentrated Solar Power expertise is growing and the country is developing new design standards. In …
Further FiT policy to be clear for China 1st batch “delayed” Concentrated Solar Power demos
Only 3 amongst China 1st batch of 20 Concentrated Solar Power demonstration projects with total capacity of 200 MW have been successfully completed by the due time before the end of 2018, and are able to enjoy the Feed-in-tariff of RMB 1.15/kWh (around USD 17 cents/kWh). What would it be for the rest of 17 …
MMEC Mannesmann partners with ACWA Power and incorporates Sohar Calciner to boost Oman’s aluminum industry
MMEC Mannesmann, a leading German engineering contractor in the field of petroleum coke calcining partners with ACWA Power, the leading developer, owner, and operator of power generation and water desalination plants, to develop the ‘Sohar Calciner’ project in Oman. The state-of-the-art plant will be the first of its kind in Oman and will aim to …
Luneng Haixi 50 MW molten salt tower Concentrated Solar Power project to operate this June
Luneng Haixi 50 MW Molten Salt Tower CSP (Concentrated Solar Power) Project is a crucial part of 700 MW Luneng Haixi Geermu Multi-energy Complement Integration Optimization Pilot Project, which consists of 200 MW PV, 400 MW Wind Energy, 50 MW Concentrated Solar Power and 50 MW energy storage system. The 50 MW Concentrated Solar Power plant …
China Made Solar PV Cheap – Is Concentrated Solar Power Next?
As China closes in on doubling today’s entire total global capacity of Concentrated Solar Power (CSP), a new paper, The Dragon Awakens: Will China Save or Conquer Concentrating Solar Power? analyses the potential impact that the nation’s ambitions, and record-low costs, might have on global CSP – both good and bad. IMAGE @ Johan Lilliestam: How …
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