A small leak in a tank filled with molten salt has shut down a $1 billion solar plant in Central Nevada touted for its ability to generate electricity day or night. The Crescent Dunes Solar Energy Plant outside Tonopah, 225 miles northwest of Las Vegas, has been offline since late …
Read More »Royal Tech CSP visited CPECC together with the executive vice mayor of Changzhou
On Nov. 15th, Royal Tech CSP Limited visited CPECC together with Jiazhong Cao, executive vice mayor of Changzhou. Jingfu Feng, vice general manager of China Power Engineering Consulting Group Co., Ltd. (CPECC), favorably received the group of visitors, and introduced CPECC and its mother company China Energy Construction Group Co., …
Read More »Construction starts on 100 MW Kathu Concentrated solar power plant
Ground was broken this week at the R9-billion, 100 MW Kathu Solar Park concentrated solar power (CSP) project, in the Northern Cape, which is set to be one of the largest projects of its kind in the country. The parabolic-trough technology plant, which is being developed by an Engie-led consortium, …
Read More »China Goes Big for CSP capacity with 1,000 MW Order from SolarReserve
When SolarReserve CEO Kevin Smith points out the innovation that makes the Crescent Dunes concentrated solar power plant (CSP) so unique, he highlights the 12-hour storage capacity — its killer app. That’s because the molten salt storage can send 100 MW of baseload power to Las Vegas long after intermittent …
Read More »Crescent Dunes plant’s generation output was 9095MWh in February,2016
Early production at Crescent Dunes, the new solar power tower plant with integrated energy storage, has been meager, but developer SolarReserve says not to worry, things are going according to plan. Crescent Dunes began selling energy to the Nevada electric utility NV Energy last October, sporadically until the end of …
Read More »A small fire broke out at Ivanpah plant because some of mirrors became misaligned
One of the world’s largest solar power plants had to be shut down after a fire started by mirrors on a 452-ft high water boiler tower melted steam ducts and water pipes. The fire at the Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System in California forced firefighters to climb 300 feet up …
Read More »China CSP FIT is officially taken into the agenda by Price Department of NDRC
Report from CSPPLAZA FIT policy which is the key factor to affect China CSP demonstration projects development process has a new step forward. In the afternoon of May 4, 2016, New Energy and Renewable Energy Department of National Energy Administration, China Renewable Energy Engineering Institute, Electric Power Planning & Engineering …
Read More »China CSP FIT will be issued,probably at the range of 1.1~1.15/kWh
Recently, Liang Zhipeng, Deputy Director of New Energy and Renewable Energy Department, China National Energy Administration disclosed, China CSP demonstration projects list with total 1 GW capacity and FIT will be formally issued soon. The suggested FIT given by National Energy Administration shouldn’t be less than RMB1.18/ kWh. However, FIT …
Read More »THE VALUE OF SOLAR THERMAL ELECTRICITY, COST VS. VALUE APPROACH
It’s time to set ambition goals and have them tightly linked to achieving a high ratio of dispatchable vs. nondispatchable RES generation. It is important to point out at this time – in this crucial energy model transition process – that STE is a technology that can supply baseload electricity …
Read More »SolarReserve and Shenhua Group to partner in developing 1GW CSP project in China
“We plan to conduct cooperation with some Chinese company to develop Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) plants with the total capacity of 1GW”,said Kevin Smith, CEO of SolarReserve , in a previous interview with CSPPLAZA reporter. Now, SolarReserve has announced that it is the Shenhua Group, a key state-owned enterprise in …
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