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The Biden administration says solar power could make up 40 percent of U.S. energy generation by 2035 if the nation makes “historic investments” to pump up renewable energy projects. A memo published by the Department of Energy (DOE) Tuesday details how President Biden’s proposed investments in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal and his Build Back Better …
In recent years, South Africa has taken tentative steps toward diversifying its energy portfolio to provide alternative power that is sustainable and affordable. This strategy, for an inclusive energy mix, needs additional capacity from renewables to be a top priority; however, utility-scale projects call for a substantial land footprint. The Northern Cape Province in …
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Turkmenistan is working on an innovative program introduce solar power generated steam in a gas fired power station and allow the turbine to use both solar and gas-powered steam based on availability to generate electricity. As signatories to the Paris Agreement, Central Asia’s fossil fuel rich countries have all committed to reduce emissions. Solar power …
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Saudi Arabia has launched an ambitious project that will develop a first-of-a-kind efficient coupling of concentrated solar power and desalination techniques. 10M€ ($11.7mn) project 19 partners and 12 countries are taking part in the 10M€ ($11.7mn). The “DESOLINATION” project is planned to last four years to 2025. As well as building the combined plant itself, …
High temperature CSP with very long duration storage in Bauxite particles can top off the 100% renewable grid says Sandia solar thermal research lead Cliff Ho. Cliff Ho at the test site with the sand particles IMAGE@Sandia An innovative new Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) technology has been shown by a US solar research lab to …
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The online registration is now available on the conference website. As you know, SolarPACES 2021 will be our second online conference, held from September 27 – October 01, 2021. SolarPACES 2020 revealed the many benefits of being online, with more of us able to share our work and participate from our home office, and we expect to make …
Bauxite particles IMAGE@Reiner Buck at DLR High temperature CSP with very long duration storage in Bauxite particles can top off the 100% renewable grid says Sandia solar thermal research lead Cliff Ho An innovative new Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) technology has been shown by a US solar research lab to enable very high temperature operation …
Solarflux Energy Technologies, Inc. (Solarflux) has announced the results of an independent report reviewing performance test results for the Solarflux FOCUS parabolic dish concentrator, demonstrating solar-to-thermal conversion efficiency of 72%. That is, the tests show that 72% of the solar energy arriving at the FOCUS is converted into usable heat. This solar-to-thermal conversion efficiency is …
China’s largest molten salt solar thermal power plant is situated in Dunhuang, northwest China’s Gansu Province. By receiving sunlight and heating up the molten salt, it can constantly generate electricity. The power station generates 390 million kilowatts of electricity per year, reducing carbon dioxide emissions by 350,000 tonnes. https://news.cgtn.com/news/2021-08-02/China-s-largest-super-mirror-power-plant-in-60-seconds-12pcMmUIjCw/index.html
Heliogen and Bloom Energy (NYSE: BE) today announced plans to produce green hydrogen using only concentrated solar power and water, further accelerating the world’s progress toward a zero-carbon future. By combining near 24/7 carbon-free power and steam, generated by Heliogen’s Sunlight Refinery solar power generation system, with Bloom Energy’s highly efficient solid oxide electrolyzer, the …