Is UAE Leading the Way for Concentrated Solar Power in GCC?

In April 2019, the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) published a report on a “roadmap to 2050” in terms of renewable energy. The report highlighted the possibility that by 2050, about 86 percent of the world’s power demands could be met by renewable power. It also highlighted that 50 percent of global electricity production could …

Rising wind energy and PV capacity in Texas will improve the business case for Concentrated Solar Power

Rising power demand and renewables in Texas could support several gigawatts of Concentrated Solar Power capacity in the 2030s but gas and battery prices remain a key risk for developers, Caitlin Murphy, Senior Energy Policy Analyst at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), told New Energy Update. Cost reductions pursued by CSP developers could reinvigorate …

2019 China International Concentrated Solar Power Conference

In 2018, three Chinese demonstration Concentrated Solar Power projects with a total capacity of 200MW have been put into operation. In 2019,China will continue to develop CSP market vigorously, and there are 350MW new installed capacity will be added. Meanwhile, SEPCO 3and NWEPDI have been fully involved in the construction of Morocco NOOR2&3 CSP projects;Shanghai …

Concentrated Solar Power with energy storage to ensure stable and reliable power supply

Concentrated Solar Power with thermal storage will bridge dispatchable energy gap according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. The company’s latest report ‘Energy Storage – A Key Determinant for the Future of Concentrated Solar Power Market‘ reveals that retirements of coal based plants and increase in influx of intermittent renewable power sources in order …

IEA publishes new review of Morocco’s energy policies’s energy policies

Morocco is pursuing an ambitious energy transition pathway. But reductions in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, in line with the country’s commitments to the Paris Agreement, will require the scaling up of private and public investments. The IEA’s review provides detailed recommendations to maintain the momentum for reform and increase ambitions for the country’s energy …

Concentrated Solar Power plant visit and MENA solar thermal indusrty gathering late June in UAE

Are you looking at solar thermal power (Concentrated Solar Power) industry? How about Middle East & North Africa (MENA) region? Well known of the MENA super CSP projects like…? 100MW Shams 1 Parabolic Trough in Abu Dhabi 510MW NOORo CSP complex in Morocco 700MW NOOR Energy 1 CSP complex in Dubai 50MW Shagaya CSP plant …

MMYPEM participates in Shagaya 50 MW Concentrated Solar Power in Kuwait

MMYPEM will perform maintenance works in the 50 MW Concentrated Solar Power Shagaya plant, a project where the company was the winning tender for the assembly of the solar field, BOP equipment and turbine. Shagaya 50 MW concentrated solar power (CSP) plant in under the Phase One of 2GW Kuwait Shagaya Renewable Park. As Mr. …

A $13.6bn record concentrated solar power park rises from Dubai desert

Under the Arabian sun, a monumental construction effort is making headway. Located deep within Dubai’s desert interior, the Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park – named after the emirate’s ruler and the UAE’s vice president and prime minister – continues to grow and has just passed another milestone. In its eighth year of development, …

How Germany plans to phase out coal without losing all the coal jobs, and how other countries could do the same

Germany has committed to completely decarbonize its national energy system.  Going 100% renewables, however, comes with electricity dispatchability challenges. One of the possible solutions would be to replace the coal in coal power plants with renewable energy as the ‘fuel’ for the turbines, using thermal storage to offset the intermittency of renewables and thereby keep …

ACWA, Shanghai Electric lead Dubai 950 MW Concentrated Solar Power -PV NOOR Energy 1 Project

Dubai 950MW Concentrated Solar Power -PV project NOOR Energy 1, the super solar power complex is the 4th phase of Dubai Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park. September 2017 witnessed the winning of consortium of ACWA Power and Shang Electric to execute the project. Up to date, the project have been progressed with high …