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Spanish power group Iberdrola has agreed to sell its 90% share of the 50 MW Ibersol plant in Spain to Ence Energia at a price of 72.3 million euros ($82.3 million), Iberdrola announced October 18. Ence is Spain’s leading biomass power generator with an installed capacity of around 220 MW. …

Reported from CSPPLAZA: Recently, the 9MWe linear Fresnel DSG thermal power station developed by SUNCIM, a subsidiary of French Industrial Group CNIM, has begun solar field commissioning and is expected to realize grid-connected power generation in the near future. The project is also the first solar thermal power station in France …

SolarReserve, a leading worldwide developer of large-scale solar power projects and advanced solar thermal technology, announced it was selected to receive a $2.0 million award from the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO) to advance concentrating solar-thermal power (CSP) research and development. With energy storage technology that …

Scientists have developed a new material and manufacturing process that would make one way to use solar power — as heat energy — more efficient in generating electricity. Credit: Purdue University illustration/Raymond Hassan A recent development would make electricity generation from the sun’s heat more efficient, by using ceramic-metal plates …

The Shams 1 solar power plant, a joint venture between Masdar and France’s Total, is generating electricity to power 20,000 homes and playing a vital role in meeting the UAE’s energy demand, a top official said. “Shams is a very important project not only for shareholders but also for the …

With seven new projects, NREL will elevate research in concentrating solar power (CSP). The projects are funded by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO) through a National Laboratory call for proposals. NREL’s CSP work is part of the Department of Energy’s CSP program, which supports early-stage …

Renewable energies generated 41.8% of electricity from January to September in Spain: wind energy 19.4%, concentrated solar power thermal 2.2% and photovoltaic 3.3%. Generation of the month of September 2018 The peninsular demand for electricity in September is estimated at 20,821 GWh, 3.4% higher than that registered in the same …

With the completion of the salt melting process at the Kathu solar thermal power plant in South Africa, SENER and Acciona have achieved another important milestone. The molten salts, which will be used as an efficient and cost-effective alternative of large-scale heat storage system, will enable the generation and dispatchability …

Reported from CSPPLAZA: The 150MW Noor Ouarzazate III CSP plant is the world’s biggest solar tower power plant with molten salt storage, forming part of the Noor solar complex located in Morocco, the largest solar complex in the world. The Noor III solar tower is rated at 150MW, but will …

Reported from CSPPLAZA: KaXu Solar One is South Africa’s first concentrated solar power plant using parabolic trough technology. The solar thermal power plant, expected to operate for 30 years, using the dry cooling method and provide 2.5 hours of thermal storage capacity using a two-tank indirect molten salt based thermal …