COP28 delegates praise the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Concentrated Solar Power Park and DEWA’s sustainability efforts

Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) organised field visits for 217 participants in COP28 to the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park. Most of the visitors were from outside the UAE. The visits, which were organised during COP28, included the Innovation Centre and the 4th phase of the solar park. The guests praised the …

Sun, mirrors and steam: Meet the company rapidly decarbonizing the $444 billion industrial heat market

When thinking about renewable energy, most people conjure visions of solar panels on rooftops or elegant white wind turbines, few imagine the humble greenhouse. And yet, a greenhouse with a twist is key to a groundbreaking solution in bringing net-zero to the tough-to-disrupt industrial heat sector. Industrial heat is the world’s largest end-use of energy …

India’s renewables tender in Q1, 2024 carves out 50% for oncentrated Solar Power

In the first quarter of 2024, India plans to put out a tender for renewable energy that includes not just a carve-out, but the largest ever, requiring over 50% to be supplied by Concentrated Solar Power (CSP), the thermal form of solar electricity. There is renewed policy interest in CSP as a longer-duration source of …

New twin-tech concentrated solar power tower generates twice the power, 24/7

A new breakthrough in solar technology has led to the development of a twin-tech solar tower that can generate twice the power of traditional solar systems and operate 24/7. This innovative design combines two cutting-edge technologies, making it possible to harness solar energy even during the night. The tower, which stands tall and features a …

Game-changing Sun-to-Liquid: Fuels from Concentrated Solar Power launches II

This initiative will demonstrate the scalability and high efficiency of producing sustainable synthetic fuel from CO2, water, and sunlight. Synhelion is one of the industry partners for the project, providing the expertise for scaling up the prototype, developing the thermal energy storage system, and performing the exploitation analysis. Sun-to-Liquid was a game-changing project that jumpstarted …

Concentrated Solar Power Plots Stealth Attack On Fossil Fuels

Nuclear energy stakeholders have been cheering the goings-on over at the COP 28 climate conference, where the US has joined a new 20-nation pledge to triple nuclear capacity by 2050. Whether or not they make that goal depends on investor interest, and plenty of other players in the decarbonization field are competing for attention, too. …

Next-gen green hydrogen tech splits water using concentrated solar power

An Australian company has successfully demonstrated its green H2 production tech prototype. Sparc Hydrogen has announced the successful testing of its prototype photocatalytic water-splitting reactor, a water-splitting green hydrogen tech that uses concentrated solar as an alternative to the conventional electrolysis method. The prototype was demonstrated at a CSIRO facility in Australia. The successful test …

UAE’s leading clean energy hub: Al Maktoum solar park and innovation center spotlight ahead of COP28

As the global focus intensifies on sustainable solutions and climate action with the impending COP28 in the United Arab Emirates, the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park at Dubai emerges as a shining example of the nation’s commitment to renewable energy innovation. Boasting the title of the world’s largest single-site Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) project in …

Innergex buys remaining stake in 34 MW concentrated solar power plant in Chile

Denmark’s Investment Fund for Developing Countries (IFU) announced on Friday that it has sold the 45% stake it held in the 34-MW Pampa Elvira Solar thermal plant in Chile to Canada’s Innergex Renewable Energy. Innergex, which already owned 55% interest in the plant, finalised the acquisition for USD 5.5 million (EUR 5.03m), becoming the sole …