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The global CSP capacity is estimated to increase significantly from 5.6 gigawatt (GW) in 2018 to 22.4 GW in 2030 following significant capacity additions by China, Chile and countries in Middle East North Africa (MENA) region according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. The company’s latest report ‘Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) Market, …
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With the inevitable depletion of traditional fuel sources, many nations are now spending time, money and effort into the development of alternative and renewable energy sources, and Dubai seems to be ahead of the game. Dubai has started construction on what is to be the largest concentrated solar power (CSP) plant in the world ambitiously …
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The fact that all new power plants in Spain are expected to be renewable, added to the progressive closure of existing conventional power plants, prompts us to reflect upon the kind of market model that will enable the transition towards a low carbon energy system. This poses two fundamental questions. The first question is, how …
At 14:19, April 17th,2019, SUPCON SOLAR Delingha 50MW Tower CSP Plant reached full-load operation. Records show the major indicators of the system has exceeded their design parameters: The molten salt at the outlet of the receiver reached 566℃ and steam pressure reached 13.3MPa. The turbine generator output power reached 50.65MW. The main subsystems including heliostats …
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Negev Energy is building a 121 MW Concentrated Solar Power plant in the Negev Desert of Israel near Ashalim Village. It is based on parabolic through technology. The plant is leveraged by a molten salt storage system which enables it to store and provide additional 4.5 hours in full capacity of clean energy each day …
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SolarReserve is to sell its 150 MW Aurora CSP project near Port Augusta in South Australia after failing to secure financing for the project, the government of South Australia said in a statement April 5. The AU$650-million ($465-million) Aurora project was based on SolarReserve’s CSP tower technology and include eight hours of molten salt storage. …
Engineers at General Electric and the Southwest Research Institute (SWRI) have designed, built and tested the world’s highest-temperature supercritical carbon dioxide (sCO2) turbine, boosting the prospect of greater CSP plant efficiency, SWRI said in a statement April 8. The new high-temperature supercritical carbon dioxide turbine could achieve 50% thermal efficiency in CSP plants. (Image credit: …
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Supplier innovations at the 950 MW Noor Energy 1 Concentrated Solar Power project will increase construction and operations efficiency and propel the CSP industry closer to $50/MWh, industry experts told the Mena New Energy 2019 conference. Last month, the Dubai Electricity Water Authority (DEWA), Saudi Arabia’s ACWA Power and China’s Silk Road Fund reached financial …
Noor Energy 1, the 950MW CSP+PV solar power project in Dubai, is now absolutely a shining star in global solar thermal power industry as it broke a dozen of world records in solar CSP history. 8 of the world records for CSP industry made by Noor Energy 1 World largest single-site investment project in CSP …
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The Kathu Solar Park constructed as an EPC project by ACCIONA and the engineering and technology group SENER, was officially inaugurated in the Northern Cape Region, in South Africa. The opening ceremony was hosted by the Northern Cape’s Premier, Sylvia Lucas. From ACCIONA, it was present the Managing Director of ACCIONA Industrial, Ramón Jiménez, among …