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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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MIT opens new `window` on solar energy
Imagine windows that not only provide a clear view and illuminate rooms, but also use sunlight to efficiently help power the building they are part of. MIT engineers report a new approach to harnessing the sun's energy that could allow just that. The work, to be reported in the July 11 issue of Science, involves the creation of a novel 'solar concentrator.' 'Light is collected over a large area ...
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Winners of the CSP Today International Awards 2014
CSP Today is proud to announce the winners of the CSP Today International Awards 2014. The ceremony took place on Tuesday, 12th November, as part of CSP Today Sevilla. Thousands of online votes cast by the concentrated solar power industry were assessed by a panel of Judges comprising, Luis Crespo, President of ESTELA, Eduardo Zarza, Head of Solar Concentrating Systems at CIEMAT, Manuel ...
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Heliogen, Inc. Schedules Release of Third Quarter 2022 Financial Results and Conference Call
Heliogen, Inc. (“Heliogen”) (NYSE: HLGN), a leading provider of AI-enabled concentrated solar energy, today announced that it will release financial and operating results for the third quarter 2022 after the market close on Monday, November 7, 2022. This release will be followed by a conference call for investors at 10:00 AM EST on Tuesday, November 8. Bill Gross, Heliogen’s ...
By Heliogen
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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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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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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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CSP Today webinar featuring HSBC Saudi Arabia and Eversheds LLP to discuss project bankability in Saudi Arabia
This complimentary webinar will discuss the investment criteria and challenges of securing finance in the world’s most promising solar market. Concentrated solar power has continued to battle against conventional power in Saudi Arabia’s energy mix. However, a recent announcement from Saudi Electricity Company about an ISCC plant with a 30MW unit of parabolic trough is an indicator ...
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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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Concentrated Solar Distribution and Research, Inc.
(CSDR) is a US manufacturer of Concentrated Photovoltaic Dual Axis tracked power systems featuring the SC-90 25KWp Power Tracker. Currently, their global manufacturing capacity is at 300MW annually and is expected to achieve 600MW by mid 2014. The SC-90 Power Tracker System offers the lowest cost per kW, using 10000m2 per MWp and provides reliability and performance guaranteed for 30 years, ...
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Tech firms set sail to solve world`s problems through innovation
Eleven start-up firms with novel technologies for solving social and environmental problems have set off on a voyage around the world to find new markets where their innovations could improve people's lives. The entrepreneurs will sail to 13 countries, including stops in China, Ghana, India, Mauritius, Morocco, Myanmar, South Africa and Vietnam, as part of the mentor-driven Unreasonable at Sea ...
By SciDev.Net
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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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CSP experts share their outlook on the state of the industry in 2012
Towards the end of last year the CSP sector in the U.S. saw more projects move towards construction. A total of 390MW of new CSP projects is currently under construction, Crescent Dunes developed by Solar Reserve, using tower technology with molten salts and a capacity of 110MW, and Mojave Solar developed by Abengoa using parabolic trough technology with a capacity of 280MW. This is in addition ...
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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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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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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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CSP Today International Awards open for nominations
The Awards, in their second year, recognize and promote industry excellence. From today, concentrated Solar Thermal power suppliers, developers and EPCs are able to nominate themselves to win one of the CSP Today International Awards. In order to respond to the developments over the past months in the industry, CSP Today has launched a different set of awards. This year for the first time, ...
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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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GeoModel Solar joins CHILESOL 2014 exhibition this May
The solar data provider will be exhibiting its services at the 2nd Chilean Solar Conference & Exhibition in Santiago this May. On the 27th and 28th May Santiago will host the CHILESOL 2014 conference, which covers both utility scale solar technologies: concentrated solar power and photovoltaic. It will also feature a solar focused exhibition which GeoModel has joined this week. The ...
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CSP Today: Interview with José Javier González from Abener
Ahead of the First Concentrated Solar Thermal Power Summit India, CSP Today catches up with José Javier González from ABENER, who will be speaking at the Summit. CSP Today: What are the opportunities for the companies that are part of CSP in India? José Javier González: India is currently developing a specific control on thermo solar power which undoubtedly will ...
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