solar thermal energy storage News
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$30M in New Funding to Advance Concentrating Solar-thermal Technologies
The U.S. Department of Energy Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO) announced the Solar-thermal Fuels and Thermal Energy Storage Via Concentrated Solar-thermal Energy funding opportunity, which will award $30 million for projects to produce fuels via renewable energy resources and improve thermal energy storage technologies. The research, development, and demonstration projects resulting from ...
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National Atlas highlights our renewable energy potential
Environment Minister Peter Garrett today launched the first ever, user friendly interactive atlas to map the full extent of Australia's renewable energy resources. Speaking at the site of the new solar 'big dish' at the Australian National University, Mr Garrett said the atlas would be a fantastic and invaluable tool for industry, governments and the community as Australia explored solutions to ...
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Cheap beads offer alternative solar-heating storage
A cheap material that can store heat energy collected from the sun during the day that can be released slowly over night has been developed by researchers in the India. The material based on paraffin wax and stearic acid is described in a forthcoming issue of the International Journal of Renewable Energy Technology and could help keep homes warm in sunny parts of the world that get very cold ...
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CSP Technologies Compete With PV
The Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) market will rise again in 2012 and in the next five years, according to new research from SBI Energy. Emerging from an enforced hiatus by PV solar technologies, the global capacity of utility-scale CSP was 2 GW at the close of 2011 with approximately another 2500 to 3500 MW becoming operational in 2012. SBI Energy estimates the cost of the installed base of ...
By SBI Reports
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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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2020 China Solar Thermal Electricity Conference Successfully Held in Suqian
China Solar Thermal Electricity Conference was officially opened in Suqian, China on August 26, 2020. A two-day conference with more than 50 lectures and presentations, and a large number of experts in the field of solar thermal electricity gathered in Suqian to discuss the new opportunities, new ideas, new technologies and new developments in the solar thermal industry. This year’s ...
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US to launch $4bn green bank loans
The US Department of Energy (DOE) will channel US$4 billion in loans to renewable energy companies in a bid to rejuvenate a key government backed programme. The Obama administration has submitted a draft plan that would provide loan guarantees for innovative clean technology projects that reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Once the solicitation is finalised, the Department’s Loan ...
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Concentrated solar power with thermal energy storage can help utilities’ bottom line, study shows
The storage capacity of concentrating solar power (CSP) can add significant value to a utility company’s optimal mix of energy sources, a new report by the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) suggests. The report found that CSP with a six-hour storage capacity can lower peak net loads when the sun isn’t shining, enough to add $35.80 per ...
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Pike Research Announces Energy Storage Tracker Report This Week
(Business Wire) - Pike Research, a media partner at the 2nd Annual Electric Energy Storage Conference, came out with a new tracker report this week, signifying that there are hundreds of energy storage projects being deployed worldwide. To view the original press release written by Pike Research, go to: ...
By Marcus Evans
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Morocco’s Noor hybrid projects extend the reach of CSP
The first of these independent power projects, Noor Midelt, is envisioned as a solar power complex with a total installed capacity of 400 MW, utilizing 80–85% CSP and 15–20% PV. Noor Tata, the second solar hybrid complex, will also have a capacity of around 400 MW and will be located between Midelt and Ouarzazate. The Moroccan Agency for Solar Energy (MASEN) will invite expressions ...
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NREL quantifies significant value in concentrating solar power
Researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have calibrated the significant value that concentrating solar power (CSP) plants can add to an electric grid. The NREL researchers evaluated the operational impacts of CSP systems with thermal energy storage within the California electric grid managed by the California Independent System Operator ...
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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 ...
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JUST LAUNCHED: IEA report shows how to achieve dramatic energy savings in the buildings sector by 2050
A new report<http://www.iea.org/publications/free_new_Desc.asp?PUBS_ID=2400> from the International Energy Agency released today shows how heating and cooling technologies that are energy-efficient and that emit little or no carbon dioxide can dramatically reduce energy consumption and CO2 emissions within residential, commercial and public buildings, a sector that currently accounts for ...
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EISEDICHT exhibiting at InterSolar 2014 in Munich
Intersolar Europe takes place annually at Messe München. It is the world’s largest exhibition for the solar industry and its partners. In 2013, 1,292 international exhibitors - among others EISEDICHT - and round 50,000 trade visitors attended Intersolar Europe. The exhibition focuses on the areas of photovoltaics, PV production technologies, energy storage and solar thermal ...
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The power generation of Inner Mongolia Uratzhongqi 100MW Parabolic Trough CSP Project exceeds the design index
From 0:00 to 24:00 on September 10, 2021, China's first batch of solar thermal power generation demonstration project - Inner Mongolia Wulatzhongqi 100MW trough Thermal oil 10-hour Energy Storage solar thermal Power Generation Project (hereinafter referred to as "Wulat Project"), under cloudy weather conditions in the morning, the one-day power generation reached 2.128,000 kWh. Although there ...
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Yingli Green Energy to Supply 96 MW PV Modules to One of the Largest Solar Projects in South Africa
Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited (NYSE: YGE) ("Yingli Green Energy" or the "Company"), a leading solar energy company and one of the world's largest vertically integrated photovoltaic ("PV") manufacturers, which markets its products under the brand "Yingli Solar", today announced that the Company has signed a contract to supply 96 MW of PV modules to the Jasper PV, located in South ...
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NREL Finds Up to 6-cent per Kilowatt-Hour Extra Value with Concentrated Solar Power
Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) projects would add additional value of 5 or 6 cents per kilowatt hour to utility-scale solar energy in California where 33 percent renewables will be mandated in six years, a new report by the Energy Department’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory has found. The report, “Estimating the Value of Utility-Scale Solar Technologies in California Under a ...
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Eaton to Provide Energy Management Solutions for Arizona’s Largest Solar Power Plant
Diversified industrial manufacturer Eaton Corporation (NYSE:ETN) today announced an $8.1 million contract to provide electrical power distribution system equipment for Abengoa Solar’s 280 MW Solana Generating Station, which upon completion, will be one of the largest solar power plants in the world. Located 70 miles southwest of Phoenix, the plant will use ...
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The New technology RCPV developed by Rayspower guides a new direction for solar-thermal power generation——for the spring of solar-thermal power generation market
The policy releases good news and the prospect of solar-thermal power generation becomes bright and clear. Since the National Energy Administration issued super urgent document Guiding Idea for the“13th Five Plan” Preparations of Further Development of Renewable Energy Sources and solar-thermal power generation was included into development plan, the prospect of domestic ...
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Abengoa awarded 950 GWh/year in Chilean supply tender for 15 years
The company will generate the power from a combination of solar-thermal and photovoltaic plants. The award is part of a tender program by the Chilean Ministry of Energy of up to 13,000 GWh per year. Abengoa (MCE: ABG.B/P SM /NASDAQ: ABGB), the international company that applies innovative technology solutions for sustainability in the energy and environment sectors, has been awarded 950 ...
By Abengoa
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