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 …
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Concentrated Solar Power has a good developing trend around the world
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 …
Read More »CSP Heliostat Created by Germany’s SBP Sonne Will Deliver Big Cost Reductions
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 …
Read More »A Ceramic-based Mechanical Pump Helps Low-cost Thermal Storage In CSP
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 …
Read More »Heliostat Type Solar Panels to Reduce the Cost of Concentrated Solar Power
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 …
Read More »A Novel Pilot Project With Concentrated Solar Power For Wastewater Treatment In Arizona
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 …
Read More »SEC won Largest CSP Project in the World With a Record Bid of USD 7.3 Cents Per kW/h
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) …
Read More »The University of London has developed advanced micro-gas turbine technology for thermal power generation
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 …
Read More »How Can Solar Reserve Offer the Cheapest Concentrated Solar Power in South Australia?
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 …
Read More »SolarReserve proposes 110MW solar tower CSP plant for Australia
The US solar tower and thermal storage technology developer SolarReserve has operated its first-of-its-kind Crescent Dunes plant in the US at its full capacity of 110MW,and is now targeting Australia as its next market. The company said on Tuesday it had proposed to build a 110MW plant – with eight …
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