Dedicated to Continuous Innovation
Luneng at Haixi in Qinghai Province; China’s 4th tower CSP demonstration project is completed by 2020 deadline IMAGE @CSPFocus Luneng’s 50 Megawatt (MW) tower Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) project with 12 hours of thermal energy storage (in molten salts) connected to the Chinese grid on September 20th. Beginning construction in June of 2017, it took …
Continue reading “China Connects Luneng, its 5th CSP Project in Climate Push”
Large-scale CSH suppliers like Aalborg or Glasspoint could sell heat to small businesses in industrial parks through HPAs IMAGE @Glasspoint Concentrating Solar Heat (CSH) could decarbonize industrial heat globally Citing a study by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), World Bank energy consultant Elena Cuadros said CSH holds the promise to replace fossil fuels supplying …
Continue reading “CSH Could Decarbonize Industrial Heat Globally”
Presentation IMAGE@Elena Cuadros Which Middle East and North Africa (MENA) nations could decarbonize industrial heat with CSH most cost-effectively? World Bank energy consultant Elena Cuadros has supplied very detailed calculations showing where CSH could be substituted at a lower cost than fossil fuels , by comparing CSH costs to specific fossil fuel costs currently used …
Continue reading “MENA Region Industries Could Heat for Less with Solar”
Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD & CEO of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA), has inspected the construction of the 4th phase of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park, which is the largest single-site Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) project in the world. Based on the Independent Power Producer (IPP) model, the fourth phase …
Jujeños technicians and the rionegrina state company Applied Investigations (Invap) made field records in the Puna region and defined technical aspects around the construction of a project of a solar thermal power plant in the department of Susques. The work was carried out among engineers of the state-owned Jujuy Energy and Mining Company of the …
Continue reading “Project a concentrated solar power plant in La Puna, Argentina”
Supcon 50MW Gonghe IMAGE@SUPCON Supcon has just completed its second CSP Tower project, the 50 MW Gonghe project at record speed – just under a year and a half. On September 19th, Supcon connected its Gonghe 50MW CSP Project to China’s grid. From contract in mid 2018, to completion yesterday, Gonghe was built in …
Continue reading “Supcon Just Connected 50 MW of Tower CSP to China’s Grid at Record Speed”
At 9:02 a.m., September 19th, 2019, POWERCHINA Gonghe 50 MW Tower Concentrating Solar Power Plant was synchronized to the grid as scheduled. The project is co-invested by HYDROCHINA and POWERCHINA NORTHWEST ENGINEERING CO.,LTD, with the latter being the EPC contractor. As the technology provider and one of the subcontractors, SUPCON SOLAR is responsible for the …
Power China Gonghe 50MW Molten Salt Tower CSP Project was successfully connected to the grid on September 19, becoming the fourth large scale CSP project in China after CGN Delingha 50MW Trough Project, Shouhang Dunhuang 100MW MS Tower Plant, and SUPCON Delingha 50MW MS Tower Project. Up to date, the total installed capacity of large …
The field of solar energy is continuously undergoing innovation and discoveries. As we move towards a more eco-friendly future, the pioneers in this field are looking for more and more affordable solutions to harness its potential to the highest. In the past few years itself, we have seen a lot of milestones in solar energy …
Continue reading “Innovations and technologies disrupting the solar power industry”
Concentrating Solar Heat (CSH) could decarbonize industrial heat globally. Citing a study by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), World Bank energy consultant Elena Cuadros said CSH holds the promise to replace fossil fuels supplying half the world’s industrial heat requirement for medium temperatures. (Even industries like mining and steel that require high temperatures – …
Continue reading “Concentrated Solar Power Could Decarbonize Industrial Heat”