SolarReserve is to sell its 150 MW Aurora CSP project near Port Augusta in South Australia after failing to secure financing for the project, the government of South Australia said in a statement April 5. The AU$650-million ($465-million) Aurora project was based on SolarReserve’s CSP tower technology and include eight hours of molten salt storage. …
US researchers achieve world’s highest temperature sCO2 turbine
Engineers at General Electric and the Southwest Research Institute (SWRI) have designed, built and tested the world’s highest-temperature supercritical carbon dioxide (sCO2) turbine, boosting the prospect of greater CSP plant efficiency, SWRI said in a statement April 8. The new high-temperature supercritical carbon dioxide turbine could achieve 50% thermal efficiency in CSP plants. (Image credit: …
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Dubai Concentrated Solar Power technology inventions accelerate industry cost reductions
Supplier innovations at the 950 MW Noor Energy 1 Concentrated Solar Power project will increase construction and operations efficiency and propel the CSP industry closer to $50/MWh, industry experts told the Mena New Energy 2019 conference. Last month, the Dubai Electricity Water Authority (DEWA), Saudi Arabia’s ACWA Power and China’s Silk Road Fund reached financial …
Dubai 950 MW Concentrated Solar Power +PV Noor Energy 1 breaks 8 world records
Noor Energy 1, the 950MW CSP+PV solar power project in Dubai, is now absolutely a shining star in global solar thermal power industry as it broke a dozen of world records in solar CSP history. 8 of the world records for CSP industry made by Noor Energy 1 World largest single-site investment project in CSP …
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Make Carnot Batteries with Molten Salt Thermal Energy Storage in ex-Coal Plants
Converting disused coal plants into Carnot batteries IMAGE@DLR Retiring coal power plants could see a new life serving the green economy by storing renewable energy as thermal batteries, delivering the stored energy back to the grid using the former coal plant’s existing power blocks and grid connections. Leveraging the low cost of the molten salt …
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The Kathu Concentrated Solar Power plant was officially inaugurated in South Africa
The Kathu Solar Park constructed as an EPC project by ACCIONA and the engineering and technology group SENER, was officially inaugurated in the Northern Cape Region, in South Africa. The opening ceremony was hosted by the Northern Cape’s Premier, Sylvia Lucas. From ACCIONA, it was present the Managing Director of ACCIONA Industrial, Ramón Jiménez, among …
May 7 Deadline for DOE $33 Million for CSP R&D in Storage, Manufacturing and Autonomous Technologies
CSP Researchers: Up to $33M is available under the US Department of Energy SETO office to support the development of low-cost storage technologies for CSP that make solar-thermal energy available on demand. In addition, the office is seeking projects that lower CSP costs by supporting the development of advanced manufacturing processes and developing autonomous technologies. …
Study of Chile’s Concentrated Solar Power Potential for Domestic Manufacturing
A study commissioned by the Chilean government and presented before the SolarPACES Conference in Morocco makes data available to potential participants in a Chilean CSP industry. The study, Local Content in CSP:CST Projects- Assessment of the Chilean Industry is designed to put together useful information for both international CSP developers bidding in auctions and local …
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Israel’s Megalim concentrated solar power plant starts operations
The Megalim solar thermal power plant, a joint venture of BrightSource, GE Renewable Energy and the Noy Fund, said on Wednesday it has begun commercial operation in Israel’s Negev desert. The 3 billion shekel ($839 million) concentrated solar power project was announced in 2008 and construction began at the end of 2014 under the leadership …
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May 1st Deadline for DOE $33 Million for Concentrated Solar Power R&D
Up to $33M is available under the US Department of Energy SETO office to support the development of low-cost storage technologies for Concentrated Solar Power that make solar-thermal energy available on demand. In addition, the office is seeking projects that lower Concentrated Solar Power costs by supporting the development of advanced manufacturing processes and developing …
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