energy storage capacity Articles
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New national lab reports: Rapid growth expected for grid-scale U.S. storage capacity
Energy storage has rapidly evolved from a niche application just a few years ago into an increasingly cost competitive and fast-growing technology that complements wind and solar. And two new national lab reports find storage growth is poised to explode. Grid-scale U.S. energy storage capacity could increase five-fold by 2050 according to the latest report from NREL’s Storage Futures Study ...
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Vast Solar in talks with Australian mining groups for first CSP plant
Modular CSP developer Vast Solar sees Australia's mining sector as the greatest deployment opportunity before wind and PV growth creates wholesale market openings, Craig Wood, CEO of Vast Solar, told New Energy Update. Vast Solar's quest to build Australia's first large-scale CSP plant could soon be boosted by new offtake contracts with the mining sector. The developer is currently in talks ...
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Solarthermal parabolic trough power plants with integrated storage capacity
Parabolic trough power plants use concentrated direct insulation for steam generation in a Rankine cycle. The fundamentals for direct steam generation in parabolic troughs have been developed in recent years, the feasibility was successfully demonstrated at a solar powered test facility reaching steam temperatures of 400°C at a maximum pressure of 100 bar. Important components for the accelerated ...
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Chile CSP pioneer signs PPA with Copec; Silicon storage to replace Aurora CSP project
Cerro Dominador signs PPA with Copec energy group Cerro Dominador, Latin America's first CSP plant, has signed a five-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with Chilean fuel distributor Copec, Cerro Dominador, a subsidiary of EIG Global Energy Partners, said December 11. Located on a 146-hectare site in the Atacama desert, the 110 MW Cerro Dominador plant will enter commercial operations this ...
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Role of acridine orange – sodium lauryl sulphate system in photogalvanic cell for solar energy conversion
Energy conversion efficiency was studied in liquid phase photogalvanic cell consisting acridine orange as photosensitiser, NaLS as surfactant and DTPA as reductant. Values of photopotential and photocurrent generated by this system were 746.0 mV and 205.0 µA respectively. The observed power conversion photon energy efficiency was 0.83% and fill factor was determined as 0.56. This photogalvanic ...
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Fire halts construction at Chile`s first CSP tower; US channels $30 million into CSP research
Fire stops building work at Cerro Dominador in Chile A fire broke out Tuesday at the 110 MW Cerro Dominador CSP project, currently under construction in Chile's Atacama desert, the developer said on Twitter. The fire was spotted at 20:00 local time Tuesday at the top of the 250-meter receiver tower, development company Cerro Dominador, a subsidiary of EIG Global Energy Partners, said. By ...
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Interview with E. Caglan Kumbur, Ph.D., Asst. Professor, Electrochemical Energy Systems Lab, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics at Drexel University
Energy storage technologies have the potential to improve grid efficiency and reliability by optimizing power flows and supporting variable power supplies. However, storage applications are often costly and don’t always produce achievable returns in every grid scenario. Finding a reliable and profitable strategy within electric storage can be a daunting and confusing task, as utilities ...
By Marcus Evans
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Regional electricity price differences due to intermittent wind power in Germany: impact of extended transmission and storage capacities
A fast growth of installed wind power capacity has been experienced in several European countries. In Germany, notably high wind power capacities are planned in the North. If the existing transmission capacities between individual regions become insufficient, the electricity prices will differ considerably and the system operation can become unstable. It is supposed that the extension of ...
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Morocco extends deadline for Noor Midelt II bids; Lebanon launches feasibility study for first CSP plant
Morocco extends tender deadline for 230 MW Noor Midelt II project The Moroccan Sustainable Energy Agency (Masen) has extended the tender deadline for the 230 MW Noor Midelt II CSP-PV project by a "few additional weeks" to later this month, Moroccan media reported October 9. The Noor Midelt II tender was launched in July and developers originally had until September 16 to submit their project ...
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Evaluating the energy and the carbon stored from tropical acacias: the first steps
Because of their relevance as a source of energy as woodfuel, carbon storage capacity and their environmental characteristics in ecosystems, tropical leguminous trees are suitable for their management on plantations to produce biomass for energy or carbon sequestration for climate change mitigation. The main purpose of this paper is to present the results of a research project to develop a ...
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Acciona enters US PV market in giant Tenaska deal; New York to build 316 MW battery
Spain's Acciona buys 3 GW of US PV projects, 1 GW of energy storage Spanish group Acciona has acquired 3 GW of U.S. PV projects and 1 GW of energy storage capacity currently being developed by Tenaska, Acciona announced October 21. The transaction covers 20 projects in the States of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kentucky, Illinois, Kansas, Oklahoma and Missouri, located within the PJM Interconnection and ...
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Cerro Dominador CSP developer plans larger plants in Chile
The ground-breaking 110 MW Cerro Dominador CSP plant could start commissioning by end of 2019 and the fund-owned developer is studying larger projects at three other sites in northern Chile, Francisco Vizcaino, Project Director at Cerro Dominador, told New Energy Update. After a troubled start, Latin America's first utility-scale CSP plant is now in the final stages of construction. Located ...
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Geli Enables BMW EV Demand Response Program - Case Study
Challenge BMW Technology Group planned to launch a ground-breaking electric vehicle (EV) program called i ChargeForward that would allow individual BMW i3 owners to earn money by participating in demand response (DR) events. However, in order for BMW to participate in Pacific Gas & Electric’s day-ahead and real-time DR markets, it needed to guarantee 100 kilowatts (kW) of demand ...
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Noor Midelt winner optimizes CSP trough, storage to hit record price
An EDF-led group has won the Noor Midelt I project in Morocco with an integrated parabolic trough CSP-PV design which uses multiple energy storage types in a new efficiency breakthrough, TSK, the project's EPC and technology supplier, told New Energy Update. On May 21, Morocco awarded the Noor Midelt I CSP-PV project to a consortium led by France's EDF at a new record low price of 68 ...
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Chile CSP developer predicts world’s lowest price in June
The Cerro Dominador group is working with strong construction partners on its Likana CSP project to cut costs and beat gas plant prices, buoyed by progress at its first plant in Chile, Fernando Gonzalez, CEO of Cerro Dominador, told the CSP Madrid 2019 conference. As developer Cerro Dominador nears completion of Latin America's first CSP plant in Chile, the company is preparing what could be ...
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Energy performance India vs. Spain: As the DNI values are similar, how is the energy yield?
Technical Top Tip courtesy of Suntrace Solar Resource Assessment 1. Comparison between India and Spain When it comes to solar irradiation in India, everyone would expect this to be better when compared to Spain, for example. With respect to the Global Horizontal Irradiation GHI, which is relevant for Photovoltaic (PV) projects, this is truly the case. In regard to Direct Normal Irradiation ...
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Exclusive interview with CEO of Solar Reserve
Last week Solar Reserve made headlines with their new 200MW CSP project announcement in Colorado. This week CSP Today gained exclusive access with Kevin Smith, CEO of Solar Reserve ahead of him speaking at CSP Today USA 2012 on 27-28 June in Las Vegas London, CSP Today CSP Today: There is currently 1200MW of CSP underway which demonstrates a significant achievement for the industry. What do you ...
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Display and Log Solar Data on Site With the METEON 2.0
Do you want to check your installed pyranometer on site? With the METEON 2.0 handheld data logger you can connect directly with any of our pyranometers. Smart or analogue, and see real-time measurement values. Simple, quick, convenient and accurate. Easily Check Kipp & Zonen Instruments on Site METEON 2.0 can be connected to any of our pyranometers and provide you with real-time measurement ...
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Marine AC UPS for Critical Offshore Installations
Equipment installed in ships or offshore installations typically operate under tough conditions, and any possible equipment failures can have serious cost impact. Despite this, products not really suited for the applications are often chosen based on the initial cost rather than looking at the total cost of ownership. One example is the use of a modular marine AC UPS versus the use of a modified ...
By Eltek AS
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Dispatchable Power Purchase Agreements and Your Future
Over the last decade we have witnessed an unprecedented use of the PPA. It has financed billions of dollars of solar projects around the world. But they are going to change. Utilities no longer look at solar the same way. And you shouldn’t as well. With the advent of more storage options every day, you and your solar plant will behave differently. No longer will you be pushing power ...
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