Concentrated Solar Power with Thermal Energy Storage

Concentrated solar power (CSP) with thermal energy storage is an innovative and promising technology that has the potential to revolutionize the renewable energy sector. This technology harnesses the sun’s energy by using mirrors or lenses to concentrate sunlight onto a small area, where it is converted into heat. This heat is then stored in a …

Exploring the Potential of Thermal Energy Storage for a Sustainable Future

As the world continues to grapple with the challenges of climate change and the urgent need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the search for sustainable and efficient energy storage solutions has become a top priority. One promising technology that has garnered significant attention in recent years is thermal energy storage (TES). This innovative approach to …

Heliogen gets first Concentrated Solar Power hydrogen customer: City of Lancaster, CA

Collaboration to decarbonize America’s “First Hydrogen City” through Heliogen’s patented breakthrough CST technology. Heliogen, Inc. (“Heliogen”) (NYSE: HLGN), a leading provider of AI-enabled concentrating solar energy, today announced the execution of a definitive contract with The City of Lancaster, California (“The City” or “Lancaster”) to produce green hydrogen to be purchased by Lancaster for the city’s …

Concentrated Solar Power with Thermal Energy Storage

Concentrated solar power (CSP) with thermal energy storage is an innovative and promising technology that has the potential to revolutionize the renewable energy sector. This technology harnesses the sun’s energy by using mirrors or lenses to concentrate sunlight onto a small area, where it is converted into heat. This heat is then stored in a …

Harnessing Concentrated Solar Power for Industrial Heat Applications

Concentrated solar power (CSP) has been gaining significant attention in recent years as a viable alternative to conventional fossil fuel-based energy generation. This technology, which uses mirrors or lenses to concentrate sunlight onto a small area, can generate high temperatures that can be harnessed for various applications, including electricity production and industrial heat. As industries …

Solar Stirling Engines: Concentrated Power for a Green Future

Solar Stirling engines, a lesser-known but highly efficient solar technology, are gaining attention as a potential solution for a green future. These engines, which use concentrated sunlight to generate power, offer a promising alternative to traditional photovoltaic (PV) solar panels. With the global demand for clean energy sources on the rise, the development and deployment …

Fractal corrosion fix in Gen3 Concentrated Solar Power by Ranga Pitchumani

Fractal steel texturing could solve the corrosive effect of higher temperature solar salts in tomorrow’s Concentrating Solar Power (CSP).   How a novel fractal steel coating prevents corrosion in Gen3 CSP, described in Novel fractal-textured solar absorber surfaces for concentrated solar power published at Elsevier: Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells We recently caught up …

Concentrated solar power firm Heliogen signs green hydrogen supply deal with city of Lancaster

Concentrated solar power firm Heliogen said it signed a contract with the city of Lancaster, California, to produce green hydrogen for the city’s growing green hydrogen fuel needs. The deal represents Lancaster’s first hydrogen offtake agreement. The hydrogen is expected to be produced at Heliogen’s Proxima hydrogen facility in Lancaster and will use Heliogen’s concentrating …

Harnessing the Sun: Concentrated Solar Power Systems

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 …

Australia’s first concentrated solar power plant edges closer to reality

Plans to build a concentrated solar power project in South Australia have edged closer to a final investment decision by the end of the year, with developer Vast Solar signing up Worley as an engineering partner on the “first-of-its-kind” project. Vast said on Monday that construction of the 30MW/288MWh CSP plant in Port Augusta – …