solar thermal storage 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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Renewables outperform fossil fuels in Chile tender
Last week Chile’s National Energy Commission awarded contracts for the supply of 1,200 gigawatt hours of energy to unregulated customers in Chile. Thirty-one companies competed for the 20-year contracts, with wind and solar projects going head-to-head on price with coal generation plant. As the winners were announced the results threw up some significant game changers which echo a new and ...
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Abengoa to develop new solar-thermal storage technology in collaboration with the US National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and the Colorado School of Mines
Abengoa (MCE: ABG.B/P SM /NASDAQ: ABGB), the international company that applies innovative technology solutions for sustainability in the energy and environment sectors, together with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and the Colorado School of Mines (CSM), has been selected by the US Department of Energy (DOE) to develop a new solar storage technology for thermo-electric plants. ...
By Abengoa
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Heating and cooling buildings with solar heat
Air conditioning makes up bulk of the power usage especially in tropical countries where the sun is shining almost throughout the year and the humidity levels are high. It makes a perfect sense to use solar heat to cool homes, business and factories. Many air-conditioning systems are commercially available using simple roof top PV solar panels to generate electric power to run an electric window ...
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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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Germany Writes Big Cheque for Renewable Heating
At this year's Ecobuild, Germany Trade & Invest presents opportunities in Europe's largest market With the 20 percent renewable electricity mark already achieved, Germany is now targeting sustainable heating. EUR 500 million were provided in 2011 towards Germany's renewable heating goal - 14 percent by 2020. This commitment to renewable energy has made Germany a testing ground for ...
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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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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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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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RCA Launches First Nationwide Optimum Load Shaping API for Smart Energy Management
Robert Cruickshank Associates (RCA) this week announced a breakthrough that creates energy opportunities for cable broadband operators: the first nationwide availability of standards-based Optimum Load Shaping (OLS) signals that enable operators to reduce electrical expenses and to take leading roles in boosting the efficiency of electric grids and microgrids, while accelerating the transition to ...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Solutia`s Therminol® Heat Transfer Fluid Selected for Two Solar Projects in Spain
Solutia Inc. (NYSE: SOA), a global leader in performance materials and specialty chemicals, has been awarded contracts to supply its Therminol® VP-1 synthetic heat transfer fluid for two new solar power plants in Spain. The projects are each 50 MW solar power plants with thermal storage located in Extremadura, Spain. "Therminol heat transfer fluids continue to be selected for ...
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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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APS Announces One of the Largest Battery Storage Initiatives in the United States
Customers of Arizona Public Service (APS) will soon power their homes and businesses with solar after sunset thanks to three major clean-energy initiatives. APS will add battery storage to its existing fleet of solar power plants, build new solar plants with storage, and use storage to deliver cleaner energy to customers at times of peak energy usage. “Arizona is already a national leader ...
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