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Storenergy has developed a thermal energy storage (TES) solution that uses recycled ceramics as the storage medium. It says its solid-state storage solution is designed to ensure long lifespans and low maintenance costs. Storenergy’s pilot project is a 3 MWh TES system deployed at the CIEMAT institute in Spain. Image: Storenergy Although TES has largely …
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Alfa Laval, a global leader in heat transfer, centrifugal separation, and fluid handling, has announced a strategic joint venture agreement with Aalborg CSP, a concentrated solar power technology company. This partnership will focus on the development of Long Duration Energy Storage (LDES) solutions. The increasing importance of energy efficiency and renewable energy sources in decarbonization …
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Highlights • The study presents a novel system combining solar thermal collector, pressurised water storage and PV driven sand storage for steam generation in food & beverage industry. • The optimal combination of parabolic trough collector and PV storage systems results in the lowest cost of heating and significant land area savings compared to if …
ARC Grant-Funded Researcher (B) – School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering Job no: 512281Work type: Fixed term – Full-timeCampus: AdelaideCategories: Faculty of Sciences, Engineering and Technology In this role you will contribute to establish opportunities and evaluate barriers and constrains in introducing hydrogen as a fuel into heavy industries, including iron/steel, alumina/aluminium, and cement/lime sectors. …
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Three Gorges Renewables (of Three Gorges Dam hydropower fame) is building a novel configuration for one of the three new CSP projects it is building in China, this one at Guazhou in Ganzu Province. Three Gorges Renewables is now building three of the 30 new Chinese CSP projects underway, the editor of CSP Focus, Mr. …
Concentrated solar power (CSP) specialist BrightSource Energy Inc (BSE) unveiled on Wednesday the separation of its operations outside the US into a company that will seek opportunities in the field of renewable energy, battery storage management and AI-based smart grid solutions. BSE’s subsidiaries in Israel, the UK and South Africa will now be housed under …
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Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) technology has come a long way since its inception. The history of this innovative technology can be traced back to ancient times when civilizations harnessed the power of the sun for various purposes. However, it was not until the 19th century that concentrated solar power started to gain traction as a …
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SolarPACES will continue its current activity to support the further cost decrease of concentrating solar technologies by the development of internationally recognized standards for components, systems and processes. Foster appreciation for the value of CSP dispatchability: The recently extremely fast deployment of wind and PV constitutes both a challenge and an opportunity as increasing shares …
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Herlogas, in collaboration with Shanghai Electric, has now successfully melted 340,000 tons of salt for molten salt thermal energy storage and preheated 14 salt tanks at the largest concentrated solar power plant in the world, DEWA ‘s 700 MW CSP project NOOR I at the Mohammed bin Rashid Solar Park in Dubai, UAE. Once the …
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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 …