Reported from CSPPLAZA: Ivanpah, Solana and Crescent Dunes, regarded as landmark in the history of CSP plants development, have attracted attention of people across the world, especially in China market. Given that Crescent Dunes has been in operation for three years since formally put into operation in February, 2016, CSPPLAZA makes …

Distinguished colleagues in the CSP industry: Hello everyone, welcome to China. By taking the opportunity of China International CSP Station Conference & CSPPLAZA 2018 Annual Conference, Beijing TeraSolar Photothermal Technologies Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as TeraSolar) hereby sincerely invites elites within the industry to visit the Zhangjiakou Hua Qiang …

On May 17, China’s Dunhuang 100MW molten salt tower CSP plant has completed all civil works and entered the facility installation stage. It is expected that the plant will be connected to the grid to generate electricity by the end of 2018. As one of China’s first CSP demonstration projects, …

$72 Million will be invested for new projects to advance high-temperature concentrated solar power (CSP) technologies, according to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). These projects will extend previous research on high-temperature components, develop them into integrated assemblies, and test these components and systems through a wide range of operational conditions. …

For ten years , Torresol Energy has been steadily pursuing its mission to improve the competitiveness of large-scale concentrated solar power (CSP) plants since the establishment through a collaboration between Masdar, Abu Dhabi’s renewable energy company, and SENER, the Spanish engineering and technology specialist. Since 2008, the 60/40 joint venture …

Reported from CSPPLAZA: Since completed on March 17, 2013, Shams1 CSP plant with 100MW has been running for about four years and six months. As one of the largest solar thermal power projects in the Middle East, the plant is designed to generate 210 million kilowatt hours of electricity per …

Reported from CSPPLAZA: The Crescent Dunes power plant, the first-of-its-kind solar plant in Central Nevada is back online and generating power after being down for repairs for eight months. The Crescent Dunes power plant, 225 miles northwest of Las Vegas, returned to service July 12 and is delivering renewable energy to customers …

Reported from CSPPLAZA: July 21st, Urat 100MW parabolic trough CSP project starts its site formation, which marks it’s officially stepping up into the stage of construction. The project is one of the first batch of 20 Demonstration CSP Projects in China, and is developed by a joint venture between China …

Reported from CSPPLAZA: When it comes to how to achieve higher economic efficiency of CSP projects, people nowadays tend to pay more attention on the fore parts of station, like solar field and thermal storage system which are also the special and difficult places compared with conventional thermal power stations. While …

Reported from CSPPLAZA: As the core equipment, heliostat plays a vital role in the process of collect solar heat and affects the optical-to-thermal energy conversion efficiency deeply. Over years, a large number of experts in CSP field have attemped to make innovations to improve the real performance of the mirrors to …