The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO) announced the Solar-thermal Fuels and Thermal Energy Storage Via Concentrated Solar-thermal Energy funding opportunity, which will award $30 million for projects to produce fuels via renewable energy resources and improve thermal energy storage technologies. The research, development, and demonstration [...]
On September 19, 2023, the Aksai Huidong New Energy Photothermal+Photovoltaic Pilot Project undertaken by China Railway 11th Bureau successfully completed the top of the heat absorption tower, laying the foundation for subsequent grid connected power generation. The Aksai Huidong New Energy Photothermal+Photovoltaic Pilot Project is a major construction project in [...]
Do you want to become a mentor? Women+ in Concentrated Solar is starting a mentorship program for women and other underrepresented genders in the concentrated solar sector, to help our mentees grow as professionals. In a first step, we are looking for mentors (all gender identities welcome). Mentors will be expected to meet with their [...]
The solar receiver on view at this year’s SolarPACES Conference site tour in October will be the first that many attendees have seen. In a call from Australia, Associate Professor Joe Coventry, from the Australian National University (ANU), revealed the thinking behind the choice of liquid sodium to pair [...]
Tests are underway on a cutting edge renewable hydrogen technology that is being backed by iron-ore billionaire Andrew Forrest to deliver a cheaper and more scalable way to produce the zero emissions fuel using concentrated sunlight. Sparc Hydrogen – a joint venture majority owned by ASX-listed Sparc Technologies with shares [...]
According to Fady Elsayed Senior Project Development Manager, Southern Africa, at Infinity Power, the Egyptian Government has launched a tender for five concentrated solar power plants on the north coast: “The Egyptian Electricity Holding Company (EEHC) has launched a tender for the construction of five concentrated solar power (CSP) plants [...]
On September 7, we received the “Notification of Award” from CGN China Nuclear Power Engineering Co., Ltd., confirming that Cosin Solar has won the contract for Solar Field and MSR Systems equipment supply for the CGN New Energy Delingha 200MW CSP (the “Project”) . The Project is part of the [...]
ENERGYNEST has finalized its second thermal energy storage project. On coming Wednesday, September 6, we will celebrate the inauguration for the renewable energy project to go into operation on site: Europe’s largest Concentrated Solar Thermal platform and Thermal Storage unit. Together with press, internal and external stakeholders and honorary guest [...]
Methanol is used to make many chemicals, but what makes producing green methanol most interesting for the future is that the shipping industry, finally having to deal with climate emissions, considers green methanol the most viable alternative to today’s fossil-based marine gas oil. “In the last 12 months, major international [...]
Danish renewable energy specialist Aalborg CSP has secured yet another order for an integrated heat pump system for the production of district heating. The order is awarded by the Danish utility company Envafors and is a turnkey contract consisting of a 10.2 MW air-to-water heat pump with associated pipes and [...]
The Crescent Dunes Concentrated Solar Power project in the US was the first of a kind at 110 MW. The first tower CSP with thermal energy storage at full-scale. (Above about 150 MW, the distances of the solar field encircling the tower receiver has optical limits) It was developed by [...]
Solar thermal energy turns out to be the key to China meeting its climate commitments. A new study investigates the best combination of renewables for providing the lowest cost to power system operators in two of China's provinces best suited to scale up renewable energy. China's power systems operators [...]
Synhelion’s solar receiver achieves a temperature of 1,500°C and higher. That’s unprecedented. Even the Gen3 particle-based solar receiver being pilot-scale tested now at Sandia – and the DLR CentRec receiver licensed to Heliogen – operate at the (relatively!) lower temperature of 1,000°C. One of Synhelion’s solar receivers is on the [...]
