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Molten salt energy storage has emerged as a promising solution for enhancing the efficiency of concentrated solar power (CSP) plants. The technology, which involves storing thermal energy in the form of heated salts, has the potential to significantly improve the reliability and cost-effectiveness of CSP plants, making it a perfect match for this renewable energy …
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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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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. …
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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Protermosolar is the association that represents the Spanish sector of the Concentrated Solar Power industry, in which Spain is the international leader both in terms of installed power and the participation of its companies in international projects. The Spanish Association for the Promotion of the Thermosolar Industry (Protermosolar) has approved at its general meeting the …
The Spanish government has revised its energy and climate plan (PNIEC) to increase its installed renewable capacity target to 160 GW by 2030, 23% more than the 123 GW previously forecast, while also contemplating tripling the hydrogen target . This figure would represent 75% of the country’s total capacity of 214 GW expected by the …
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The project, which will be carried out by researchers from Fraunhofer Chile with support from the Crea y Valida Fund of the government agency CORFO, proposes to develop and validate a solar thermal concentration system, capable of reaching and maintaining temperatures that allow the smelting of aluminum for its recycling. “We have designed a compact, …
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Major changes for Chile’s next auction include incentives for energy storage and non-variable renewables like Concentrated Solar Power, a splitting of the auction into three geographic zones (north, central, south), an increase in contract length to 20 years, and the possibility of transferring systemic costs of the short-term market. Solar thermal energy with storage like the …
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As the world continues to grapple with the effects of climate change and the urgent need to transition to cleaner, more sustainable energy sources, concentrated solar power (CSP) systems have emerged as a promising solution. Unlike traditional solar photovoltaic (PV) panels that convert sunlight directly into electricity, CSP systems use mirrors or lenses to concentrate …
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