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International Conference “The Decarbonisation of the Energy Sector in the Mediterranean and Middle East – The Role of Concentrated Solar Power”

The Cyprus Institute (www.cyi.ac.cy), is hosting the International Conference “The Decarbonisation of the Energy Sector in the Mediterranean and Middle East – The Role of CSP”. https://csp2018.cyi.ac.cy/ The event is organized under the auspices of the Minister of Energy, Commerce, Industry and Tourism Mr. Georgios Lakkotrypis, and will take place at The Cyprus Institute premises …

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Who provide equipment and services to China Concentrated Solar Power plants?

Around 10 commercial Concentrated Solar Power projects are now under development and construction in China, and some biddings for systems and components & materials purchasing had been completed and winners announced. CSP Focus has been keeping tracking on the biddings, and generating report on the results. Taking an overview on the vendors’ list, both Chinese …

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Concentrated Solar Power Focus China 2019 on Mar.21-22 Beijing

CGN Solar Delingha 50MW PT project has been proclaimed to be commercial operational on October 10, making China the 8th country who owns large-scale Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) technology. Also, 2 solar tower projects are expected to be operational by the end of this year. One of them is Shouhang 100MW molten salt tower plant. …

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Concentrated solar power (CSP) real-time dispatch model hikes revenues by over 15%

New software combining dispatch algorithms with probabilistic forecasting could reduce Concentrated solar power (CSP) bid prices by a quarter and spur fresh U.S. CSP deployment, Mike Wagner, Principal Investigator at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), told New Energy Update. On October 1, NREL launched a new three-year study into optimized CSP dispatch software that …

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Delingha, China’s first commercial concentrated solar power plant produces electricity

Power has been produced from what is claimed to be the first commercially operated concentrated solar power (CSP) plant in China. The Delingha solar thermal power station, located in central China and operated by China General Nuclear Power Group, has a total capacity of 50MW plant – equivalent to the power produced by 60,000 tonnes …

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Protermosolar: Concentrated Solar Power is essential in the energy transition

The solar thermal is the most competitive alternative to generate electricity from the sun, complementing the photovoltaic and avoiding CO2 emissions. The new solar power must be a combination of photovoltaic and concentrated solar thermal to overcome the EU’s objectives of renewable and decarbonisation by 2030, with a cost of less than 5 c € …

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Electrifying the Deserts of Africa

During last week’s Unlocking Solar Capital Africa conference, Solarplaza (www.Solarplaza.com) unveiled ‘The Solar Future: Deserts of Africa’, a new platform aimed at exploring the opportunities that accompany solar PV development in Africa’s deserts. This new two-day event will be hosted in Dakar, Senegal on 13-14 March 2019. “At Solarplaza, we want to facilitate the solar …

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Noor Ouarzazate III central receiver concentrated solar power plant with storage completes its reliability test

The consortium formed by SENER and SEPCO III has completed the reliability test for the 150-MW Noor Ouarzazate III concentrated solar power plant. It is one more step in the start-up of the facility, which is nearing commercial operation and final delivery to the client. With this reliability test, which ran for ten straight days, …

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Reduction of water consumption in Concentrated Solar Power plants

Saving water when the sun shines! MinWaterCSP cordially invites you to its second and final International Conference on the “Reduction of water consumption in CSP plants”. The conference will conclude its three years of efforts to promote the competitiveness of CSP plants in arid regions. Following on the success of its first Conference in Marrakech, …

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The impact of concentrated solar power in electric power systems in Chile

This paper presents a study about the impacts of the integration of concentrated solar power (CSP) with thermal energy storage (TES) in electric power systems. The main tool for this study is a comprehensive long-term power system capacity expansion planning model that integrates a specific module to represent the operation of CSP-TES power plants. The …

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