solar thermal CSP News
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SolarReserve lends insight on hybrid solar power solutions for baseload power
SolarReserve to speak on the integration of photovoltaic (PV) and advanced solar thermal (CSP) technology for cost-competitive 24/7 baseload power. SANTA MONICA, California, October 03, 2014 – SolarReserve, a leading global developer of large-scale solar power projects and advanced solar thermal storage technology, will offer insights on the future of hybrid solar energy technology ...
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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: 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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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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CSP Today launches the International CSP Week this November in Sevilla
CSP Today has launched year a new networking platform for the CSP industry: the International CSP Week. Over four days the sector will get together to discuss the next business strategies as well as the latest improvements in technology. There will also be time for visiting operating plants and celebrating the industry achievements at the CSP Today Awards on the 12th November. With a joint ...
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Bechtel Celebrates Groundbreaking of California Valley Solar Ranch
Bechtel leaders, along with representatives from NRG Energy, Inc., SunPower Corp., and local dignitaries, today celebrated the groundbreaking of the California Valley Solar Ranch (CVSR), one of the largest solar photovoltaic (PV) facilities currently under construction in the world. Bechtel is providing engineering, procurement, and construction services for the 250 megawatt (MW) facility located ...
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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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Morocco hopes to shine in mega solar project
[ALGIERS] Morocco has launched what it claims is the biggest solar-thermal energy project in a single country, aiming to produce nearly 40 per cent of its electricity needs — 2,000 megawatts (MW) — by 2020. The project will span an area of 10,000 hectares — just under half the size of Cairo, Egypt — at five different locations in the country and use concentrated solar-thermal power (CSP), which ...
By SciDev.Net
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Bechtel Receives Notice to Proceed for World-Class Solar Facility
Bechtel has received Full Notice to Proceed for construction of the California Valley Solar Ranch (CVSR) project, one of the largest solar photovoltaic (PV) plants being built in the world. Bechtel is providing engineering, procurement, and construction services for the 250 megawatt (MW) facility located in San Luis Obispo County, north of Los Angeles. "Upon completion, the California Valley ...
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Diversifying CSP into new and lucrative opportunities
The international CSP community is set to meet this 13–14 November as CSP Today Sevilla returns in its sixth edition, bringing this year international delegations from the most promising new markets for CSP, site visits to Gemasolar and Palama del Rio II, the CSP Today International Awards, a targeted CSP exhibition and much more Whilst Spain has been a strong driving force for the CSP ...
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Direct steam generation: increasing temperatures is crucial for CSP
Direct Steam Generation could hold the secret to reaching higher steam temperatures and simplifying balance of plant configurations for large-scale solar thermal projects. As the CSP industry moves forward into an era of large-scale development in the United States the ability to reach higher operational temperatures to improve the efficiency of solar thermal power production is at the forefront ...
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Direct Steam Generation: Increasing temperatures is crucial for CSP
Direct Steam Generation could hold the secret to reaching higher steam temperatures and simplifying balance of plant configurations for large-scale solar thermal projects As the CSP industry moves forward into an era of large-scale development in the United States the ability to reach higher operational temperatures to improve the efficiency of solar thermal power production is at the forefront ...
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We can meet our low carbon energy goals
Meeting our low carbon energy targets is a big job but the technologies exist to get the job done. Viewpoint from James Smith, Chair of the Carbon Trust. From the ongoing squabbling over energy you might think that meeting our energy targets was impossible. It's certainly a big job. And we have been slow to get things going as Ofgem's recent analysis of UK energy supply has made clear. But the ...
By Carbon Trust
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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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CSP leaders to meet at International CSP Today Sevilla Summit in November
CSP Today has launched its 7th International Concentrated Solar Thermal Power Summit, in which the main stakeholders gather to discuss the future of the industry. The entire global CSP community will be present at the summit to overcome current challenges. Sevilla will host for the 7th time the International Concentrated Solar Thermal Power Summit (CSP Today Sevilla) on the 12-13th November ...
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CSP TODAY USA – Latest Program and Keynote Speaker Announced
CSP Today is delighted to announce the release of the latest program for CSP TODAY USA 2011 (June 29-30, Las Vegas). CSP Today is also glad to report that Sara Moffat Energy and Public Lands Regional Representative for U.S. Senator Harry Reid and Lit Governor K. Krolicki, Lieutenant Governor of Nevada will be both opening the event with a welcome keynote address. The confirmation of a keynote ...
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Department of Energy Announces $53 Million in New Projects to Advance Solar Technologies
Recently (10/23), the U.S. Department of Energy announced selections for up to $53 million in new projects to advance early-stage solar technologies. Through the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Solar Energy Technologies Office, DOE will fund 53 innovative research projects that will lower solar electricity costs and support a growing solar workforce."Innovation is key to solar's ...
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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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CSP Today: Interview with Anoop Mathur from Terrafore
Ahead of the First Concentrated Solar Thermal Power Summit India, CSP Today catches up with Anoop Mathur from Terrafore, who will be speaking at the Summit. CSP Today: What are the main opportunities for the CSP companies in India? Anoop Mathur: It is the best and opportunistic time to install CSP for utility scale power and perhaps direct steam generation in process industries. In the near ...
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`Ten Years Trials and Hardships with Wisdom Accompanying` Grand Opening of Rayspower 10th Anniversary
In Jul.12, the grand 10th anniversary celebration was held by Rayspower Group in the theme of “Ten Years Trials and Hardships with Wisdom Accompanying”, people from different social sectors and company employees with a total number of more than 300 witnessed this important historical moment together. Counselor of the State Council, China Renewable Energy Institute Director, Shi ...
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