heliostat News
-
Self-aligning heliostats arrive to slice CSP costs
Soon to hit the market, auto-calibrating heliostat systems will cut capex, accelerate construction times and expand siting potential, suppliers told New Energy Update. As CSP developers drive for lower costs, heliostat performance has become a key area of research. Heliostats can represent half of the capital costs of a CSP plant and misalignment can severely impact performance. Alignment ...
-
Sunny future for Australia`s solar industry
The heliostats are part of an advanced new solar technology developed by CSIRO and manufactured by Central Coast company, Performance Engineering Group. The new solar-thermal tower is designed to demonstrate that, after the cost of carbon is taken into account, electricity can be generated by sun-power at the same or less cost than fossil fuel-generated electricity. By developing such ...
-
Solar Tower Systems and Bosch Rexroth make inroads into the CSP industry
By establishing partnerships and creating specialised industry networks, smaller players are able to enter into the CSP industry and ramp-up a competitive technology. In the past two years, giant energy companies such as Siemens, GE, Alstom Power and Areva have made giant strides towards success in CSP. Not only has this increased much needed cash flow to the industry but has furthered ...
-
Solar Tower Systems and Bosch Rexroth make inroads into the CSP industry
By establishing partnerships and creating specialised industry networks, smaller players are able to enter into the CSP industry and ramp-up a competitive technology. In the past two years, giant energy companies such as Siemens, GE, Alstom Power and Areva have made giant strides towards success in CSP. Not only has this increased much needed cash flow to the industry but has furthered ...
-
LightManufacturing Selects San Luis Obispo-based Power-Save Energy as Supplier of Photovoltaic Solar Panels for Solar Manufacturing Systems
LightManufacturing's heliostats (sun tracking mirrors) keep reflected sunlight on a target, providing heat and light for buildings and industry without the use of fossil fuels. The firm's H1 heliostat is marketed as the 'lowest cost per reflected watt' heliostat available, in part due to the use of a tensioned reflective membrane instead of glass. The firm sells the H1 heliostat as a ...
-
Industry gearing up for high-performance CSP projects in Saudi Arabia
As part of the recent announcement of the 6th Middle East and North Africa Solar Conference 2014 (MENASOL, 6-7 May, Dubai), CSP Today has produced “CSP Prospects in Saudi Arabia: 2014” a guide providing detailed business intelligence on choosing the best CSP technology for plants and preparing accurate cost projections. Saudi Arabia remains a nation with huge potential for both CSP ...
-
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 ...
-
Ivanpah site visit announced for CSP Today USA in June
Attendees of CSP Today USA 2013 (26-27 June, Las Vegas) will be given a unique opportunity to visit the 392MW Ivanpah Solar Power Facility, the largest CSP plant under construction in the world. The Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System is set to be commissioned in 2013 and delegates will be able to get an exclusive first look at the facility on the morning of 25 June. Jack Ahearne, the ...
-
Ivanpah – World’s largest solar plant opens to visitors
On February 13th the inaugural opening ceremony at Ivanpah took place giving the world a first look at the world’s largest solar thermal facility. It has now been announced that attendees of CSP Today USA 2014 (5-6 June, Las Vegas) will be given the opportunity the visit the operational plant. The Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System is now fully commercial and delegates will be able ...
-
How Gemasolar changed the landscape for CSP
Torresol Energy’s Gemasolar tower plant represents one of the most important milestones in the history of CSP, the audience of a recent CSP Today webinar has heard. Santiago Arias remembers the reaction he got when people found out his company was looking into CSP storage at a SolarPACES conference six years ago. “Most of our competitors said we were mad to do something nobody was ...
-
Visit announced to Ivanpah solar thermal plant
Now Ivanpah has opened all eyes are on the plant to see what its performance means for tower technology. It has now been announced that attendees of CSP Today USA 2014 (5-6 June, Las Vegas) will be given the opportunity the visit the operational plant. The Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System is now fully commercial and delegates will be able to get an exclusive first look at the facility ...
-
247Solar to use advanced Chinese heliostats; Cerro Dominador starts salt melting
Modular CSP developer 247Solar to install advanced Chinese heliostats CSP developer 247Solar has signed a deal with China's CASEN for the supply of heliostats and control systems at its first demonstration high-temperature Brayton cycle CSP plant module in Morocco, the companies said in a joint statement February 20. 247Solar is currently building its first fully-operational demonstration ...
-
Abengoa celebrates start of construction for its photovoltaic plant in Atacama 1, the largest solar complex in Latin America
Abengoa (MCE: ABG.B/P SM /NASDAQ: ABGB), the international company that applies innovative technology solutions for sustainability in the energy and environment sectors, celebrated today the start of the construction of the photovoltaic plant that will be part of Atacama 1 solar complex, located in the north of Chile (Comuna de María Elena, Segunda Región). The event was attended ...
By Abengoa
-
392MW Ivanpah Plant now connected to the grid
The world’s largest concentrated solar power development – the 392MW Ivanpah Solar Thermal Project is now online. There has been little fuss but one of the most iconic solar developments in the world has connected to the gird and is now producing clean power. The project spans over a vast 3500 acres with 170’000 heliostats and dominates the visual landscape of northeast San ...
-
Heliogen, Inc. Announces Second Quarter 2022 Financial And Operational Results; Reports Progress On Scale Up Of Long Beach Facility
Heliogen, Inc. (“Heliogen”) (NYSE: HLGN), a leading provider of AI-enabled concentrated solar energy technology, today provided its second quarter 2022 financial and operational results and reaffirmed its previously announced guidance for 2022. Second Quarter 2022 Highlights Finalized and executed a lease for Brenda Solar Energy Zone with U.S. Bureau of Land Management Announced ...
By Heliogen
-
NREL to Help Four Start-ups Ramp up Solar Energy Innovations
Companies with innovative, game-changing ways to lower the cost of solar energy have been awarded $5.8 million to work with the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory. The SunShot Incubator Program is an expansion of DOE's successful PV Technology Incubator Program, launched in 2007, which to date has funded $60 million in projects and leveraged $1.3 billion in ...
-
NRG Energy announced as key sponsor at CSP Today USA 2014
Energy giant NRG Energy have been unveiled as the exclusive lanyard sponsor at CSP Today USA 2014 (5-6 June, Las Vegas). NRG Energy who partly own and operate the 392MW Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System will be giving a presentation at CSP Today USA 2014 about running the world’s largest CSP plant. At the conference will be speaking alongside project developer BrightSource Energy ...
-
Australian CSP farm build starts; Brazil calls for solar thermal projects; New trough mirror responds to molten salt growth
Aalborg CSP begins build on 50 MW Australian farm project Denmark’s Aalborg CSP has started construction of the world’s first Integrated Energy System based on Concentrated Solar Power, located in the South Australian desert. The project involves a custom-built CSP tower system with a capacity of 50-MW, which will serve the energy needs of Sundrop Farms’ greenhouses. Aalborg ...
-
BrightSource Launches Next Generation Solar Field Technologies
BrightSource Energy, Inc., a leading concentrating solar power technology (CSP) company today announced advanced solar field technologies currently being deployed at the 121 megawatt (MW) Ashalim Solar Thermal Power Station located in Israel’s Negev Desert. The fourth generation of BrightSource’s solar field technologies features improvements to the heliostats, solar field ...
-
World Bank eyes MENA projects; Eskom backs South Africa plant
World Bank requests MENA CSP market update The World Bank Group has invited Expressions of Interest (EOI) from consultancy firms to prepare a status report on CSP in six markets: Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Libya, Morocco, and Tunisia. The 2016 CSP Review will cover all segments of the technology and update previous studies to reflect market developments, policy changes, and climate mitigation ...
Need help finding the right suppliers? Try XPRT Sourcing. Let the XPRTs do the work for you