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On Wednesday, the KaXu Solar One concentrated solar power (CSP) project, in the Northern Cape, was presented with a Momentum of Change award by the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. The award was presented at 23rd UN Climate Change Conference, under way in Bonn, Germany. KaXu is a 100MW …

Synlight: Researchers expect that hydrogen can be splitted  chemically by Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) in 10 years using the world’s desert sun: “Our focus is on the earth’s sun belt, whose rich solar resources are to provide value and prospects to the people living there” The sun has been shining in Jülich at …

In general, there are two types of renewables, someone’s are – apparently – cheaper but non-dispatchable, others are, such as Solar Thermal Electricity STE/CSP- apparently – more expensive but dispatchable, . It is only possible to achieve a CO2-free power system -with a large share of dispatchable renewables. The undisputable …

Patent-pending research that promises to calibrate all of a plant’s heliostats within hours could prove key to driving down the cost of new CSP projects, one of the project directors told CSP Today. Concentrated solar power is still in an early-enough stage of maturity that even small breakthroughs in the …

Reported from CSPPLAZA: A research supported by the Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy (ARPA-E) and reported in the October 12 issue of the journal Nature has introcuced a ceramic-based mechanical pump, which can operate at record temperatures of more than 1,400 degrees Celsius (1,673 Kelvin) and transfer high temperature …

Reported from CSPPLAZA: CENER (that National Centre for Renewables) and IK4-TEKNIKER have joined forces to develop an innovative concept for a heliostat type solar panel known as EASY (hEliostas for eAsy and Smart deploYment), a small device by means of which they expect to reduce solar field costs down to …

Reported from CSPPLAZA: A novel test project 98 kW Heat2Hydro–Rackam test wastewater treatment system was started up in Surprise this summer in Arizona. This pilot system demonstrates the use of solar thermal energy to efficiently dry the sludge byproduct generated from wastewater treatment process and to evaluate the effectiveness of …

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates–Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has achieved another world record by awarding the 700MW AED14.2 billion fourth phase of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park. This is the largest single-site Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) project in the world, based on the Independent Power Producer (IPP) …

The professors of Engineering academics at City, University of London, have successfully developed a state-of-the-art micro gas turbine technology operated by solar power which can generate up to 6kW of electricity. The Optimised Microturbine Solar Power system (OMSoP), is led by Professor of Energy Engineering, Professor Naser Sayma. Recently, Professor Naser Sayma and …

Most coverage of SolarReserve’s 150 MW Aurora solar thermal power plant in Port Augusta completely overlooked its biggest news: the South Australian Government just bought the world’s cheapest solar thermal power. SolarReserve will sell solar thermal electricity to the South Australian Government at $75 (AUD) with a guaranteed cap of …