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Abengoa will have the Support of Banco Santander in Developing the World`s Largest Concentrating Solar Power Plant
Abengoa (MCE: ABG), the international company that applies innovative technology solutions for sustainable development in the energy and environment sectors, has announced that it will collaborate with Capital Riesgo Global, a subsidiary of Banco Santander, which will become a financial partner in the development of Solana, the largest concentrating solar power plant in the world. The plant, ...
By Abengoa
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Sener and Masdar announce joint venture to develop concentrating solar power plants in the `Sunbelt`
Endeavour promises major advancement in solar generation price competitiveness Spanish engineering group SENER GRUPO DE INGENIERÍA S.A. and MASDAR, Abu Dhabi's alternative energy company, today announced a joint venture - Torresol Energy - to design, build and operate concentrating solar power (CSP) plants in the world's sunbelt regions. One of Torresol Energy's primary objectives is to widen ...
By MASDAR
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Masdar’s Shams 1 goes live
Masdar, Abu Dhabi’s renewable energy company, has officially inaugurated Shams 1. The 100MW project is described as the largest concentrated solar power plant in operation in the world. The plant covers an area of 2.5 km² im Madinat Zayed in the Western Region. It utilizes parabolic trough technology, with more than 258,000 mirrors mounted on 768 tracking parabolic trough collectors. ...
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Acciona and TSK to discuss challenges and successes of constructing Noor I CSP plant in Morocco at MENASOL
Acciona and TSK delegation to attend MENASOL (6-7 May, Dubai) and join a panel discussion on Morocco’s CSP industry and the lessons learnt on site in Ouarzazate The 160MW Noor I CSP project in Morocco has been under construction for almost a year and is expected to reach commercial operation in the second half of 2015. It is Morocco’s first concentrated solar power plant and is ...
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Abengoa Solar and E.ON Climate & Renewables team up to build two 50MW Concentrating Solar Power plants in Spain
Abengoa Solar and E.ON Climate & Renewables have today formed a partnership that will see them jointly own and operate two 50MW Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) plants. The plants which are already under construction are located in Ecija (Seville), Southern Spain, one of the best areas in Europe in terms of solar radiation. The 50:50 partnership is aimed to invest a around of 550 million ...
By E.ON AG
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Utility-Scale Solar Plant Goes Online in Nevada
BOULDER CITY, Nevada (ENS) - Nevada Solar One, the first concentrating solar power plant in Nevada went on line on Saturday. Covering 250 acres of desert in the El Dorado Valley near Boulder City, this 64 megawatt concentrating solar plant is the first modern utility-scale solar electric power plant in the United States. It is the largest solar electric power plant to be built globally in the ...
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Masdar to Develop 15 MW Solar Plant in Mauritania
Masdar announced today the development of a 15-megawatt solar power project in Nouakchott, the capital city of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania. The plant will deliver 10 per cent of electricity capacity in Mauritania. Masdar is a renewable energy company based in Abu Dhabi, UAE, which has large and small-scale power projects around the world. Dr. Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, Masdar chief ...
By MASDAR
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Chile debates green tax that can make CSP more competitive
Within the tax reform that is currently under debate in Chile´s parliament, there is a plan to tax the CO2 emissions from thermoelectric plants over 50 MWt. The idea is to charge US$ 5 per tonne of CO2 discharged. According to Felipe Cerón, General Manager at AES Gener, the “green tax” will turn thermoelectric plants less competitive by raising their energy prices. ...
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Ban Ki-moon to Launch UN’s International Year of Sustainable Energy for All at World Future Energy Summit 2012 in Abu Dhabi
His Excellency Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations, will return to the World Future Energy Summit (WFES) 2012 to launch the International Year of Sustainable Energy for All. This will be Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s second consecutive year addressing Heads of State and international delegates at the World Future Energy Summit in Abu ...
By MASDAR
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Commissioner Piebalgs visits two state-of-the-art solar plants in southern Spain supported with EU-funds
Energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs has visited today two successful demonstration projects in the field of concentrating solar power and photovoltaics that the European Union has supported with its Research Programmes. The PS10 concentrated solar power and Sevilla PV, with a capacity of 11MW and 1.2MW, are located near the southern Spanish city of Seville and have benefited from €7,8 million ...
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Largest solar plant of the world to be launched in California
BrightSource Energy, a U.S. company specializing in solar thermal electricity generation, is about to inaugurate by the end of the year the largest production center ever built in the Mojave Desert in California. The new plant of Ivanpah, in the County of San Bernardino, is the project of the world's largest solar power plant, and has a focus on solar thermal concentrating technology towers. ...
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Cartography for Solar Energy Performance Valuation in European Regions
European Commission has published a new map showing the PV (photovoltaic) solar energy potential of various regions of Europe. PV solar cells transform sunlight into electricity directly. PVGIS (Photovoltaic Geographical Information System), developed by DG Joint Research Centre, the internal scientific service of EU, lets users to predict the performance of solar energy at any particular area in ...
By RNCOS
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“Optimize your project from the start: How to find an appropriate CSP Site”
Technical Top Tip courtesy of Ferrostaal. Secure your project at development stage. Choosing the best site for a Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) plant is key to an economically successful project. Among others, four factors play a central role: Solar Resources. A thorough investigation of irradiation databases can help in an initial assessment of sites. However, only on-ground measurements ...
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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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Middle East players to meet with Indian solar companies at INDIASOL 2014
Key developers and EPCs from the Middle East will be attending INDIASOL 2014 (8-9 October, New Delhi) to explain the opportunities for Indian solar companies to expand their business in the Middle East and discuss international partnerships for upcoming projects. Major players in the Middle East, who are interested in finding international partners and suppliers for upcoming solar projects in ...
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Fluor to Design Two New Solar Power Plants in Spain
IRVING, Texas - Fluor Corporation (NYSE:FLR) announced today that Elecnor S.A. has awarded the company an engineering services contract for two new 50 megawatt (MW) concentrating solar power (CSP) plants in Alcazar de San Juan, Spain. Fluor booked the undisclosed contract value in the third quarter of 2010. “We are pleased that Elecnor has shown confidence in us to perform services for ...
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MEDIA ADVISORY: IEA to launch Solar Technology Roadmaps on 29 September
The presentation of Solar Technology Roadmaps Webinar/teleconference On Monday, 29 September 2014, 3:00 p.m. Paris time Maria van der Hoeven Executive Director, International Energy Agency (IEA) Paolo Frankl Head of Renewable Energy Division, IEA Will solar energy contribute significantly to the power mix of the future? Already, in the past three years, the world has added more solar ...
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Emvelo’s CEO joins CSP Today South Africa 2014
Pancho Ndebele, CEO at Emvelo will be participating at CSP Today South Africa 2014 (8-9 April, Cape Town). Emvelo is one of the two 100 MW CSP bid winners in the third round of the REIPPPP. Emvelo’s long term vision is to develop and deploy a pipeline of CSP Projects at Karoshoek Solar Valley with is strategic partners and those investors and funders interested in CSP. The Karoshoek ...
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NREL Researchers Measure Impact of Eclipse on Electrical Grid
During last summer’s total eclipse, solar energy output in the West dropped by about 5.9 gigawatts (GW) according to new analysis from the Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). The August 21, 2017, solar eclipse cast a shadow from Oregon to South Carolina, completely concealing the sun along a 70-mile-wide path and causing the rest of the continent to ...
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Masdar to host renewable energy challenge at Abu Dhabi science festival
In support of the Abu Dhabi Science Festival, Masdar in collaboration with the Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, today announced it will host an interactive challenge – focused on science and the emerging field of renewable energy – aimed at inspiring students to pursue knowledge-based, advanced careers. From October 10-20 at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre, ...
By MASDAR
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