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March 1 Deadline for Sandia R&D Funding Awards for Concentrated Solar Power Technologies

Sandia National Laboratories is currently seeking applications from industry, academia, research laboratories, government agencies, and individuals to further technologies related to Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) at the National Solar Thermal Test Facility (NSTTF), a Core Capability and Technology Deployment Center of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO). “Sandia researchers at …

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March 1 Deadline for Sandia R&D Funding Awards for CSP Technologies

Sandia’s National Solar Thermal Test Facility launches R&D Voucher Program to further Concentrating Solar Power technologies January 29, 2021 9:21 pmPublished by Kelly Sullivan Sandia National Laboratories is currently seeking applications from industry, academia, research laboratories, government agencies, and individuals to further technologies related to Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) at the National Solar Thermal Test Facility …

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Abengoa renews its operation and maintenance contract for the solar-gas hybrid plant in Morocco

Abengoa (MCE: ABG/P:SM), the international company that applies innovative technology solutions for sustainability in the infrastructure, energy and water sectors, has signed a new five-year extension to its operations and maintenance agreement with the Moroccan National Power and Water Office (ONEE) for the 472 MW Ain Beni Mathar solar-gas plant. It is the first plant …

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EuroTrough Helped Cut Ramp-Up Time of China’s 100 MW Urat Concentrated Solar Power


The German solar engineering consultancy schlaich bergermann partner (sbp) supplied the EuroTrough solar collector for the 100MW Urat CSP project in Inner Mongolia, the largest commercial parabolic trough project in China. The Urat project was developed and realized as part of the first round of the Chinese renewable energy demonstration plan and was constructed by …

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bcb signs an important contract with Noor Energy 1 for the world’s largest Concentrated Solar Power plant

bcb is in charge of the supply, commissioning and start up of an innovative system for measuring solar attenuation in the world’s largest CSP plant, located in Mohammed bin Rashid Solar Park in Dubai. The complex is currently under construction and has 700 MW of CSP (with a 100 MW tower and 3x200MW of parabolic …

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EuroTrough Helped Cut Ramp-Up Time of China’s 100 MW Urat CSP


Press Release: schlaich bergermann partner (sbp)  The German solar engineering consultancy schlaich bergermann partner (sbp) supplied the EuroTrough solar collector for the 100MW Urat CSP project in Inner Mongolia, the largest commercial parabolic trough project in China. The Urat project was developed and realized as part of the first round of the Chinese renewable energy demonstration …

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MIT Proposes PV to Discharge Energy from 2,400°C Silicon Thermal Storage

Overview of MIT’s proposed thermal energy storage battery, showing the hot and the cold tanks for the molten silicon, and the containers for the charging and the discharging units IMAGE@Caleb Amy The MIT team estimates their thermal “battery” designed for long duration – 100 hours or more – would be half the cost of today’s …

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Río Negro y Jujuy planean asociarse para energía termosolar

El gobernador de Jujuy Gerardo Morales propuso este viernes en Bariloche una asociación de la empresa rionegrina Invap y la jujeña JEMSE, para competir en el mercado de la generación de energía termosolar y el desarrollo de baterías de litio. “La idea es constituir una empresa conjunta y que las patentes de desarrollo le pertenezcan …

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Efficiency limits of next-generation hybrid photovoltaic- concentrated solar power technology

Solar energy is one of the most abundant renewable energy sources, and effective solar technologies have great potential to alleviate the grand challenges of rising global energy demands, while reducing associated emissions. Solar energy is capable of satisfying the electrical and thermal-energy needs of diverse end-users by means of photovoltaic (PV) and solar thermal (ST) …

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