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Published at Energy Conversion and Management – Optical and thermal performance analysis of ceramic foam solar receivers in parabolic dish solar collector assemblies: The role of collector geometrical and optical parameters and absorber and coating materials

Abstract: Volumetric solar receivers perform a critical role in high-efficiency concentrated solar power systems, where effective absorption and conversion of concentrated solar radiation directly determine overall performance. This study presents a fully coupled pore-scale modeling framework that integrates Monte Carlo ray tracing with direct hydrothermal simulations on silicon carbide () and alumina () ceramic foam …

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Qinghai home to world largest single-unit CSP facility

According to CGN, the plant’s mirror field covers a staggering total aperture area of 3.7 million square meters, comprising three 1.1-million-square-meter tower fields and one 400,000-square-meter trough field. Source: China Daily China’s 350-megawatt concentrated solar power demonstration project is set to deliver a replicable, large-scale model for the nation’s CSP commercialization, backed by world-leading thermal …

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Concentrated solar thermal in China’s 15th Five-Year Plan

An interview with Lauri Myllyvirta, co-founder and lead analyst of the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air, an independent research organization headquartered in Finland with staff across Europe and Asia, about China’s 15th Five-Year Plan. SK: I was surprised that in this 15th Five-Year Plan, concentrated solar thermal was sort of singled out, …

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SEPCOIII commissions new domestic heliostat production line in Qingdao

Deputy GM and Chief Engineer Dai Zengli of SEPCOIII welcomed CSTA to the launch. Qingdao, China — July 2, 2026 — SEPCOIII has commissioned a new flexible assembly line for high-precision wind-resistant heliostats at its Hongfeng Equipment subsidiary, adding standardized, large-scale heliostat manufacturing capacity. According to SEPCOIII’s technical report on the line, the core advances …

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Three Gorges’ 100 MW Fresnel CSP enters trial operation at Hami in Xingjiang

The 100 MW Fresnel in Gansu by China General Nuclear is the only other Fresnel CSP at this scale worldwide [Ed: This plant incorporates multiple innovations, not only that outside China, Fresnel projects have never been built at this scale, and that even within China, this is only the second ever built at 100MW following …

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Concentrated solar heat and hydrogen to decarbonize iron ore processing

Steel production accounts for roughly 7% of global greenhouse gas emissions, and nearly 70% of that comes from coal-fired blast furnaces; the dominant way the world has made iron for centuries. The Electric Arc Furnace (EAF) could decarbonize steelmaking because it can be powered by renewable electricity. It requires very pure sponge iron. Porous sponge …

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Published at Renewable Energy – Design and performance optimization of dual-tower and triple-tower heliostat fields

Abstract: As solar tower systems continue to develop towards larger scales, it is necessary to configure dual-tower and triple-tower fields with higher heat collection capacities. This paper designs and optimizes the performance of dual-tower and triple-tower heliostat fields. Two field arrangement strategies are employed to alter the distance between towers and results show that the …

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