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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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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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“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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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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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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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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Namibia evaluating concentrated solar power potential in feasibility study
Namibian utility NamPower is the implementing agent for the execution of a new feasibility study to establish a concentrated solar power (CSP) plant with storage in the country. NamPower and the Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME) are working on the feasibility of a CSP plant of at least 50 MW with storage. The final plant specifications will be confirmed through the feasibility study. As ...
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International and local CSP community including Saudi Aramco, Kuwait Oil Company, Masdar, Abengoa, ACS Cobra to meet at MENASOL (6-7 May, Dubai)
Over 400 senior executives will be gathering in Dubai next week to learn how to develop and construct photovoltaic (PV) and concentrated solar thermal power (CSP) plants in the top markets in the region including Jordan, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Morocco and more. The opportunities in the MENA region for both local and international solar companies are steadily rising and the MENASOL ...
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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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Siemens Energy and Sun To Market Solutions to develop training simulator for CSP plants
Siemens Energy and Sun To Market Solutions are to develop a full-scope integrated test, commissioning and training simulator for concentrating solar power (CSP) plants. The objective of the full-scope integrated control room simulator is to provide a "virtual plant" for engineering tests, commissioning, and assessment for CSP plant operators. It will also offer training for plant startup and ...
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Masdar addresses UAE Spain business forum
On the occasion of the visit of His Majesty King Juan Carlos I of Spain to Abu Dhabi, Masdar was extended an invitation to address the UAE-Spain Business Forum on Masdar's renewable energy initiatives on May 25 at the Emirates Palace. In its address, Masdar underscored Abu Dhabi's leadership in energy and its mission to develop future energy solutions, through the Masdar Initiative, to ...
By MASDAR
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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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The People’s Republic of China to Demonstrate First-of-its-kind Concentrated Solar Thermal Power Plant
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is helping the People’s Republic of China (PRC) build a first-of-its-kind, large-scale concentrated solar thermal power (CSP) plant in the northwestern province of Qinghai to produce clean energy and cut carbon emissions. “This pioneering project will demonstrate how the PRC could leverage its indigenous solar resources to diversify its energy mix in ...
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ACCIONA starts work on its third CSP plant in Spain, representing an investment of EUR 237m
ACCIONA Energy has started construction work on a 50 MW concentrated solar power (CSP) plant at Majadas de Tiétar (Cáceres), representing an investment of 237 million euros. The facility, planned to enter service in summer 2010, will use solar trough technology to produce clean electricity equivalent to the consumption of 30,000 homes. It is the third CSP plant built by ACCIONA in Spain, after ...
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Abengoa Closes $1.2 Billion Financing for the Mojave Solar Project and Starts Construction
Abengoa, the international company that applies innovative technology solutions for sustainable development in the energy and environment sectors, announced today that it has finalized a $1.2 billion loan guarantee with the Department of Energy to build the Mojave Solar Project. This concentrating solar power (CSP) plant will use advanced proprietary parabolic trough technology that will increase ...
By Abengoa
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NREL Report Finds Similar Value in Two CSP Technologies
Parabolic troughs and dry-cooled towers deliver similar value for concentrating solar power (CSP) plants, despite different solar profiles, a new report by the Energy Department’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory has found. The report, “Estimating the Performance and Economic Value of Multiple Concentrating Solar Power Technologies in a Production Cost Model,” found that ...
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How solar energy could be the largest source of electricity by mid-century
The sun could be the world’s largest source of electricity by 2050, ahead of fossil fuels, wind, hydro and nuclear, according to a pair of reports issued today by the International Energy Agency (IEA). The two IEA technology roadmaps show how solar photovoltaic (PV) systems could generate up to 16% of the world’s electricity by 2050 while solar thermal electricity (STE) from ...
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DOE Breaks Ground on Concentrating Solar Power Pilot Culminating $100 Million Research Effort
The U.S. Department of Energy celebrated the groundbreaking of its Generation 3 concentrating solar-thermal pilot facility at Sandia National Laboratories. This demonstration is the culmination of a $100 million research effort to develop next-generation concentrating solar-thermal power (CSP) plants and showcase storage technology that could provide one gigawatt of storage for one hour at a ...
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Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) Technological Leap at Noor Ouarzazate III
The Noor Ouarzazate III concentrated solar power (CSP) plant, part of the largest solar complex on Earth, is already in service in Ouarzazate, Morocco, and almost ready to enter commercial operation. Rated at 150 MW, it differs from two adjacent plants, Noor Ouarzazate I and Noor Ouarzazate II, already in operation, thanks to its novel technology: Noor Ouarzazate III uses a power tower with ...
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