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Following the successful execution of HORIZON_STE project, ESTELA and project partners CIEMAT, ENEA, DLR and METU are happy to share the final deliverables of the project: Final Country Reports, that include the research, key findings, conclusions and recommendations for 11 reviewed countries Report on Options for Future European Joint Programme for the CSP Sector Compilation …
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The energy crisis and decarbonising the heating sector – Concentrating solar thermal technology ready for efficient use in Germany. Concentrating solar thermal systems are still little known in Germany, although they are a highly efficient approach to producing heat from solar energy. In such a system, specialised mirrors arranged in different geometries are used to …
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Computational fluid dynamics study of hydrogen production using concentrated solar radiation as a heat source Published in the January Issue of Energy Conversion and Management Abstract The purpose of this paper is to study the performance of the steam methane reformer (SMR) using solar energy as a heat source using a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) …
Vast Solar Pty Ltd. and Sage Geosystems Inc. (Sage) announced a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to evaluate global opportunities to integrate concentrated solar power (CSP) generation and long-duration energy storage (ES) deep in the earth to supply clean, dispatchable baseload electricity. Vast Solar Logo Wind and solar are intermittent power producers. A more significant share …
MENA synthetic fuels potential: The North Africa and Middle East region has the potential to manufacture low cost synthetic fuels made with solar – PV or CSP – for under 2 euros in production. The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region has great potential to produce hydrogen and synthetic fuels from renewable resources. Together …
MENA region solar thermochemical hydrogen potential – Solar thermal tower power plant NOORo III in Morocco. Credit: SENER MENA synthetic fuels potential: The North Africa and Middle East region has the potential to manufacture low cost synthetic fuels made with solar – PV or CSP – for under 2 euros in production The Middle East …
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The most commonly used sources of dispatchable renewable energy are reservoir-based hydropower facilities, which can be rapidly ramped up or down by grid operators depending on system power needs. This week’s upbeat renewable energy supply outlook by the International Energy Agency (IEA) contained an important but overlooked lament about the slow roll-out of so-called dispatchable …
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Source: Economia Digital The low price of the ministry and the uncertainty of connection delay the installation of a new solar thermal, which in 2025 should be double the current one according to the PNIEC. The generation of energy with solar thermal technology has been stuck for a decade in Spain. Not a single new …
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Gas imports and distribution in Europe , IMAGE@Robert Pitz-Paal An assessment of the cost/benefit of each green heat technology is timely, as countries that were most heavily dependent on Russian gas must rapidly decarbonize heavy industry as gas supplies dwindle from over 40% to under 10% and rise in price from 20 to 140 euros …
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“The average annual additional costs are ~0.62% of China’s GDP in 2020. It is a large but manageable value, especially recognizing that it does not account for the considerable external co-benefits of fossil fuel substitution, such as reduced health and agricultural damages from air pollution.” IMAGE@Cost increase in the electricity supply to achieve carbon neutrality …
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