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Concentrated Solar Power Cost and Commodity Analysis
FREE CSP WEBINAR - 'Concentrated Solar Power Cost and Commodity Analysis' Thursday 31st October | 2-3pm GMT Can’t make it live? Sign up now and you’ll receive the full recording and slides straight to your inbox. 60-minute CSP Webinar Presentations and Q&A with: Parthiv Kurup, CSP Cost and Systems Analyst, NREL Prof Chris Sansom, Head of Centre - Renewable Energy ...
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Winners of US CSP Today Awards 2012 announced
CSP Today announced the winners of its 3rd edition of the CSP Today Awards USA 2012 at a ceremony that took place on Tuesday, 27th of June, as part of CSP Todays USA 2012 conference. Thousands of online votes cast by the concentrated solar power industry were assessed by a panel of Judges comprising, Tex Wilkins, Executive Director, CSP Alliance, Tom Mancini, CSP Program Manager, Sandia National ...
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MENA solar market to be worth 50 billion dollars by 2020
According to a Middle East Solar Industry Association report launched today, the solar industry in the Middle East is set to be worth 50 billion dollars. This makes it the highest wealth solar market in the world, and the Solar GCC Alliance has been launched to help achieve this. At the World Future Energy Summit, a new example of cross-border cooperation was announced: the Solar GCC ...
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150 MW is the optimal plant size new report finds
150 MW is the ideal plant size, according to the new Concentrated Solar Power Parabolic Trough: Cost & Performance Report. The new report looks at how the development of larger than 50MW CSP plants in the US (from 100 to 280 MW) has revealed cost saving benefits. When increasing plant capacity, the relatively lower cost of components will contribute to a lower Levelized Energy Cost (LCOE). ...
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Winners of US CSP Today Awards 2013 announced
CSP Today announced the winners of its 4th edition of the CSP Today Awards USA 2013 at a ceremony that took place on Wednesday, 26th of June, as part of CSP Today USA 2013 conference. Thousands of online votes cast by the concentrated solar power industry were assessed by a panel of Judges comprising, Tex Wilkins, Executive Director, CSP Alliance, Tom Mancini, CSP Program Manager, Sandia ...
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Reductions in O&M costs offer a large scope for CSP cost reductions finds CSP report
The capital cost of Parabolic Trough plants is one of the most restrictive characteristics of Parabolic Trough technology, accounting for 40-45% of the total lifetime cost. This is one of the findings of the new report “Concentrated Solar Power Parabolic Trough: Cost & Performance” by CSP Today It is therefore essential to identify the main cost drivers and to identify how these ...
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IEA to present roadmap for CSP at industry summit this June
This June at a meeting of over 650 Concentrated Solar Power professionals the International Energy Agency (IEA) will present their roadmap for CSP. The Roadmap which was announced last week in Valencia during the Mediterranean Solar Plan Conference hosted by the Spanish presidency of the EU, emphasises that solar energy could represent 20-25 per cent of global electricity production and ...
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Reductions in O&M costs offer a large scope for CSP cost reductions Finds CSP Report
The capital cost of Parabolic Trough plants is one of the most restrictive characteristics of Parabolic Trough technology, accounting for 40-45% of the total lifetime cost. This is one of the findings of the new report “Concentrated Solar Power Parabolic Trough: Cost & Performance” by CSP Today It is therefore essential to identify the main cost drivers and to identify how ...
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North America’s Concentrated Solar Power Industry to Convene in San Francisco This June
Over 650 Concentrated Solar Power industry leaders are set to meet in San Francisco this June 24-25 for the 4th Annual Concentrated Solar Power Summit. The largest industry event of it’s kind in North America. Most recent CSP Today findings have shown that over the next 3 years North America will prove to be a booming market for Concentrated Solar Thermal Power – set to be worth in excess of ...
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Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) in India, Market Outlook to 2025 - Capacity, Generation, Regulations and Company Profiles
Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) in India, Market Outlook to 2025 - Capacity, Generation, Regulations and Company Profiles ...
By ReportLinker
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Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) in the US, Market Outlook to 2025 - Capacity, Generation, Regulations and Company Profiles
Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) in the US, Market Outlook to 2025 – Capacity, Generation, Regulations and Company Profiles ...
By ReportLinker
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MASEN to discuss the 480MW of CSP in Morocco's pipeline for 2014 at MENASOL
The Moroccan Agency for Solar Energy (MASEN) will be speaking about the rapidly growing concentrated solar power industry in Morocco at MENASOL (6-7 May, Dubai) this year. MASEN is a government organisation set up to conduct all of the technical, economic and financial studies necessary to the implementation of the Moroccan project for solar energy, which aims at 2GW of solar energy by 2020. ...
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Thermal storage innovations are instrumental in increasing performance and reducing CSP costs
Thermal storage will affect the Levelized Energy Cost (LCOE) of Parabolic Troughs. This is one of the findings of a new report from CSP Today “Concentrated Solar Power Parabolic Trough: Cost & Performance”. According to the report, when adding storage capacity, the capital cost rises with the increased solar field size, while the capacity factor – and therefore the annual ...
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Finalists announced for CSP today international awards
CSP Today is proud to announce the finalists in each of the categories of the CSP Today International Awards. The Award Ceremony has been organized by CSP Today in conjunction with the 4th International Concentrated Solar Power Summit, which will take place in Sevilla from the 15-17 of November with over 700 attendees. The finalists will be selected by a key speaker vote taking place on the ...
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Average cost of solar and wind energy could fall by 59% in the next decade
A new report from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) finds that with the right policies in place, the average costs for solar and wind power could decrease by between 26 percent and 59 percent by 2025. The report, titled The Power to Change: Solar and Wind Cost Reduction Potential to 2025, concludes that technology innovations, increased competition, pressure on supply chains and ...
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South Africa CSP market is ranked number one for 2014 in recent report
The recently premium CSP Today Markets Report that analyses 8 markets and identifies the best opportunities for investors based on technical market potential, renewable energy support, ease of financing, national CSP targets and other industry and political factors, ranked South Africa with the highest score. Commentators highlighted the potential that South Africa has to develop CSP due to its ...
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Concentrated Solar Power’s question of scale: Why bigger is not better
In a bid to identify the tipping point between scale and cost efficiency, the latest report from CSP Today, ‘CSP Parabolic Trough Report: Costs and Performance’, challenges the conventional wisdom on scale and cost. Scaling up plant size is often cited as the concentrated solar power sector’s silver bullet for lowering costs. The theory - that an inverse relationship exists ...
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Concentrated Solar Power will have a fundamental role in South Africa’s energy mix
Experts suggest that concentrated solar power (CSP) with storage should have a fundamental role in the future of the South African energy mix. In a recent CSP Today Webinar experts from Eskom and Stellenbosch University declared that CSP with storage was a potential solution to the South African power crisis, it just needs the right backing. The Webinar took place on Wednesday 10th December and ...
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Concentrated Solar Thermal Power capacity continues growing despite economic uncertainty
Usual suspects Spain and the USA lead the industry with a combined market share of over 90% of projects under construction. New markets open up in MENA, Australia and India where 1.9 GW of CSP have been announced, according to new report by CSP Today Concentrated Solar Thermal Power (CSP) bucks the downward economic trend by continuing to grow apace despite tough economic times, According to the ...
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CSP Today releases the CSP Today World Map 2010 version
The CSP Today World Map 2010 includes an itemized list of all the MW sized concentrated solar thermal power plants in the world that are either announced, under construction or in operation. The map has been commissioned for the 2nd year running by CSP Today, as part of 4th International Concentrated Solar Thermal Power Summit campaign and it contains a world map with the location of the main ...
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