Egypt launches a solar desalination tender for five CSP projects

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 …

Cosin wins bid for new 200 MW Chinese CSP storage/solar field

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 …

Australia’s Vast CSP to include green methanol demo for shipping

Maersk has already ordered 19 vessels with dual-fuel engines able to operate on green methanol. Why Vast plans to include methanol production in their CSP project Methanol is used to make many chemicals, but what makes producing green methanol most interesting for the future is that the shipping industry, finally having to deal with climate …

Published at Solar Energy – Techno-economic assessment of a numbering-up approach for a 100 MWe third generation sodium-salt CSP system

Abstract: This work presents the design and techno-economic analysis of a 100 MWe concentrated solar power (CSP) system using a supercritical CO2 power block with 700 °C input temperature. Aiming to leverage the relatively higher efficiency of small heliostat fields and potential multi-build discounts, a numbering-up approach is examined, developing four alternative configurations (1×100, 2×50, …

Gonghe CSP in Qinghai Province runs a record 19 of 24 hours

Gonghe 50 MW tower CSP by Power China in Qinghai Province IMAGE@China SolarThermal Alliance 803,000 kwh! The single-day power generation of Qinghai Gonghe CSP Power Station hit a new high! On July 21, the optimized operation mode of Qinghai Gonghe Solar Thermal Power Station generated a single day of 803,000 kWh of power generation, and …

MASEN has shortlisted six consortia to build Morocco’s next CSP project at Midelt

NOOR III central tower Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) project in Morocco, part of the 510 MW NOOR I,II and III CSP plant combining Tower and Trough CSP Morocco is about to award a new contract for the construction of a hybrid solar power plant in Midelt, a city located in the Atlas Mountains. The project, …

Spain seeks thermal energy storage proposals by September

The government of Spain is launching €280 million (US$310 million) in grants for standalone energy storage projects, thermal energy storage and reversible pumped hydro to go online in 2026. The Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge (MITECO) opened a public consultation into the grant scheme last month seeking comments on the proposal …

Three Gorges’ new Chinese CSP project trials a double solar field

One of the new CSP projects being built by Three Gorges Renewables is a novel dual-tower design at Guazhou, in Gansu Province: Construction images below Three Gorges Renewables (of Three Gorges Dam hydropower fame) is building a novel configuration for one of the three new CSP projects it is building in China, this one at …