Dedicated to Continuous Innovation
First networking event of Women+ in Concentrated Solar Rebecca Mitchell works at NREL on algorithms to determine error of heliostats and she’s also creating a database on CSP education related materials. During the first networking event on March 9, 2023, she met with many CSP experts, who could provide her materials for her database. Also, …
Continue reading “Women in CSP networking event on March 15 midday CET”
Molten Salt Trough Collector Joint Connection Test Platform will be Built in Ali Tibet On March 6, POWERCHINA Zhongnan Engineering Corporation Limited released the public announcement of the procurement results of the molten salt trough collector joint connection test platform for CGN Ali 50MW CSP & 100MW PV Project, whose winning supplier is Hunan Industrial …
Continue reading “Concentrated Solar Power Project Tenders Last Week (Mar.4-10) in China”
Concentrated solar power plants belong to the category of clean sources of renewable energy. The paper discusses the possibilities for the use of molten salts as storage in modern CSP plants. Besides increasing efficiency, it may also shift their area of application: thanks to increased controllability, they may now be used not only to cover …
Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) Defined Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) is a rapidly growing form of solar energy that harnesses the power of the sun to generate thermal energy and electricity. It uses mirrors to concentrate and focus sunlight onto a specific area, where it is converted into heat. CSP systems use various technologies, including parabolic …
DOE looking for stakeholder advice to advance commercialization of solar fuels such as jet fuel, hydrogen and ammonia Source: U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO) The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO) has issued a request for information (RFI) on the technology needs and cost targets for …
Continue reading “DOE seeks stakeholder R&D advice to advance solar fuels”
Most industries currently burn fossil fuels for heat. But to supply heat directly from sunlight, research attention is turning to solar thermal energy storage (TES) so that heat can be delivered as consistently as combusting a fossil fuel using purely solar energy. A solar thermal energy storage breakthrough – a novel combination of latent and …
Continue reading “Successful PROMES-CNRS thermocline test of latent/sensible heat storage”
China Solar Thermal Alliance to present China’s CSP status update Date: March 21, Time: 21:00 (9 PM) Beijing time UTC 13:00:00Opening: Christoph Richter, Executive Secretary SolarPACESIntroductory Comments: Zhifeng Wang, Chairman of China Solar Thermal AlliancePresentation of Blue Book on China’s CSP Industry 2022: Fengli Du, Secretary of China Solar Thermal AllianceThe webinar will include a …
Continue reading “2022 Blue Book on China’s Concentrated Solar Power industry launched”
Part of a heliostat array in a solar field at a Tower CSP plant in China IMAGE@Cosin Solar China Solar Thermal Alliance to present China’s CSP status update Date: March 21, Time: 21:00 (9 PM) Beijing time UTC 13:00:00Opening remarks: Christoph Richter, Secretariat at SolarPACES Introductory Comments: Zhifeng Wang, Chairman of China Solar Thermal AlliancePresentation …
Continue reading “2022 Blue Book on China’s CSP industry launched”
A solar thermal energy storage breakthrough – a novel combination of latent and sensible heat in a single tank that avoids thermocline thickening has been tested successfully at the PROMES-CNRS solar thermal research laboratory Most industries currently burn fossil fuels for heat. But to supply heat directly from sunlight, research attention is turning to solar …
Continue reading “Successful PROMES-CNRS thermocline test of latent/sensible heat storage”
James McKenzie believes that “concentrator solar power” could be the answer to our environmental woes. The Ivanpah Solar Power Facility in Nevada uses thousands of mirrors to focus sunlight onto a tank of water at the top of a tower, with the resulting steam being used to drive turbines. (Courtesy: BrightSource Energy) Modern solar cells …