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Solar thermal sector expects growth push from EU Directive
The solar thermal sector welcomes the renewables Directive proposal published by the European Commission, today. For the first time, renewable heating and cooling will be fully integrated into EU legislation. ESTIF welcomes particularly the obligation for new and refurbished buildings, from which solar thermal will benefit. Member States are called to improve the framework for solar thermal now, ...
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Saharan dust enhances carbon trapping by ocean deserts
A new study led by the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) reveals that that dust generated by land erosion has large repercussions for oceanic processes and planetary climate. Wind-driven Saharan dust to the remote Atlantic Ocean not only provides phytoplankton with essential nutrients to promote their growth, but the dust particles themselves are ballasting these carbon-rich microscopic plants, ...
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Supercritical-CO2 could hold the secrets for CSP
As the solar industry prepares to meet in San Francisco in three week’s time, at the 2nd CSP Plant Optimization Summit (7-8 September), Zhiwen Ma, Senior Engineer at NREL, has been speaking to CSP Today about his recent research into supercritical-CO2 for CSP. Ma is scheduled to present his paper on this at the conference, in which he outlines the main advantages of Super-critical CO2 when ...
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Supercritical-CO2 could hold the secrets for CSP
As the solar industry prepares to meet in San Francisco in three week’s time, at the 2nd CSP Plant Optimization Summit (7-8 September), Zhiwen Ma, Senior Engineer at NREL, has been speaking to CSP Today about his recent research into supercritical-CO2 for CSP. Ma is scheduled to present his paper on this at the conference, in which he outlines the main advantages of Super-critical CO2 when ...
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