The most important sources of renewable energy, the sun and the wind, are infinitely available – but they do depend on meteorological conditions, the time of day and the time of year. In the future, storage methods that smooth out these fluctuations will therefore play a decisive role in round-the-clock, dependable and efficient supply of [...]
On May 16, Shanghai Baohua International Tendering Co., LTD. (hereinafter referred to as the tendering agency), entrusted by Ouye Industrial Products Co., LTD. (hereinafter referred to as the Buyer), conducted public bidding for the following goods required by molten salt cut-off valve for its source network charge storage integrated energy supply project of Tibet Zabye, [...]
On May 11, Northwest Electric Power Design Institute Co., Ltd of China Power Engineering Consulting Group, conducted a public bidding for the procurement of auxiliary equipment for the EPC general contract project (Batch 4) of the 100MW solar thermal energy storage project of Yumen Demonstration Project of China Nuclear Power Corporation. Project Overview: Project scale: [...]
The molten salt mixture deployed in today’s commercial CSP plants for thermal energy storage is liquid at 565°C and degrades at higher temperatures. Yet higher temperatures would increase thermal efficiency. So how can we develop a molten salt mix that can reach temperatures up to 620°C without degradation? And at the same time, how can [...]
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 [...]
The Redstone Solar Plant is in the Humansrus Solar Park between Tsanstabane and Kgatelopele in the Northern Cape, with construction underway. On completion, which is expected around 2023, 100 megawatts (MW) of power will be added to the national grid. The plant will be operational by early 2024. The South Africa Department of Energy (DOE) [...]
Coupling with supercritical power cycle can improve the thermal efficiency of the concentrated solar system. Design the suitable thermal storage medium is critical to the new coupling system. A new ternary eutectic salt with low cost was developed composed of NaCl, Na2CO3, and Na2SO4 based on the calculation method of phase diagram, meeting the requirements of [...]
The total annual cumulative actual power generation of the SUPCON SOLAR Delingha 50MW Molten Salt Tower CSP Plant in 2022 was 146.4 GWh, i.e. 100.26% of the designed annual power generation (146GWh), completing yearly target. Figure 1: 2022 annual power generation of the plant The plant has been operating in good conditions. As shown in the monthly power generation [...]
La central termosolar de Fresnel lineal de sal fundida de 50 MW de China Dunhuang ha comenzado oficialmente la operación comercial el 19 de junio de 2020. Para celebrar la ocasión de la operación comercial de la primera termosolar de Fresnel de sal fundida, los promotores y contratistas celebraron una ceremonia de puesta en marcha. [...]
Shanghai Electric Group de China ha completado la instalación del receptor de sal fundida (MSR) en la parte superior de la torre para el proyecto de energía termosolar concentrada (CSP) y fotovoltaica (PV) de 950 MW Noor Energy 1 en Dubai. La construcción de la torre se finalizó en un récord de 240 días a [...]