Solar Thermal Articles
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Bill Gates-backed CSP group hits 1,000° C; Terraform buys more Spanish CSP plants
US CSP group surpasses 1,000° C using greater reflector accuracy U.S. CSP technology start-up Heliogen has achieved temperatures exceeding 1,000° C by improving the reflectiveness of CSP tower arrays, the company announced November 19. Heliogen's technology uses cameras and advanced computer vision software to align heliostats more accurately and increase solar efficiency. Backed by ...
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Solar Energy
The use of solar energy sources ultimately comes down to two aspects of solar energy utilization and solar energy utilization. Solar power generation is divided into photovoltaic power generation and solar thermal power generation, in which photovoltaic power generation uses photovoltaic cells to directly convert solar energy into electrical energy. Photovoltaic power generation is far stronger ...
By Duch Group
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Solar Energy
The use of solar energy sources ultimately comes down to two aspects of solar energy utilization and solar energy utilization. Solar power generation is divided into photovoltaic power generation and solar thermal power generation, in which photovoltaic power generation uses photovoltaic cells to directly convert solar energy into electrical energy. Photovoltaic power generation is far stronger ...
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Fire halts construction at Chile`s first CSP tower; US channels $30 million into CSP research
Fire stops building work at Cerro Dominador in Chile A fire broke out Tuesday at the 110 MW Cerro Dominador CSP project, currently under construction in Chile's Atacama desert, the developer said on Twitter. The fire was spotted at 20:00 local time Tuesday at the top of the 250-meter receiver tower, development company Cerro Dominador, a subsidiary of EIG Global Energy Partners, said. By ...
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Vast Solar in talks with Australian mining groups for first CSP plant
Modular CSP developer Vast Solar sees Australia's mining sector as the greatest deployment opportunity before wind and PV growth creates wholesale market openings, Craig Wood, CEO of Vast Solar, told New Energy Update. Vast Solar's quest to build Australia's first large-scale CSP plant could soon be boosted by new offtake contracts with the mining sector. The developer is currently in talks ...
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Egypt set to pick supplier for first CSP plants; Azteq installs Europe’s first industrial solar thermal plant
Egypt advances plan for five new CSP plants The Egyptian government and Cairo-based Smart Engineering Solutions are moving ahead with a plan to build five CSP plants for a total capacity of 250 MW, Egyptian media reported earlier this month. Smart Engineering Solutions plans to select the preferred technology supplier from a shortlist of 16 companies by the end of November, Osama Kamal, the ...
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China beam-down CSP pioneer predicts 30% cost reduction
The developer of the world's first commercial beam-down CSP plant predicts a four-fold hike in thermal efficiency for a larger 200 MW plant. As CSP developers seek new ways to cut costs, a new 50 MW beam-down tower plant in China will provide valuable insights into an emerging CSP technology. Developed by BCP Solar Technology (known in China as Xinchen Solar), the RMB 1.8 billion ($255 ...
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From Climate Crisis to a Clean Economy: A Vision for a New World by 2030
Looking for a little inspiration? Me, too. We’ve all heard the statistics. One million species worldwide are currently at risk of extinction. Over 5 trillion pieces of plastic are polluting our oceans. The day the Arctic fully melts may happen within our lifetimes. And perhaps most shockingly, the latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change tells us that we have a ...
By GLOBE Series
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Centrifugal CSP could offer siting breakthroughs, $60/MWh power
A new ceramic particle CSP receiver soon to be tested in the U.S. could lower the cost of energy by up to 20% and accelerate industrial heat deployment through particle transport innovations, Reiner Buck, Head of Solar Tower Systems at German Aerospace Centre (DLR), told New Energy Update. Last month, the U.S. Department of Energy allocated $750,000 of funding to Sandia National Laboratories ...
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Solar construction and retrofitting obligation for all buildings and structural systems?
Climate-active despite Brexit Great Britain has declared the "climate emergency" - just like London, Los Angeles, Oakland, Vancouver, Basel, now Constance - while in Germany even in some environmental protection circles there are discussions about whether the word should be used at all. And about what a “climate emergency” is supposed to mean and bring about. On the Brexit-shaken ...
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Generating thermal energy from the Sun – Case Study
With the rising cost of electricity from fossil fuels, solar thermal energy (STE) currently leads the way as the most cost-effective solar technology. Major solar thermal power industry players are striving to make the economics of solar power a mainstream renewable energy source. Solar thermal electric energy generation concentrates the light from the sun to create heat, and that heat is used ...
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CSP power-heat costs could drop 50% on stable policy support
Industrial power and heat developers are adapting designs to minimize construction costs and shorten payback periods and greater financing support could see costs fall by a half, industry experts told New Energy Update. Falling technology costs and growing carbon reduction objectives have spurred industrial companies to turn towards renewable energy solutions. A number of CSP developers ...
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Khi Solar, Upington South Africa - Case Study
Near the city of Upington in South Africa´s North Cape Province, you will find South Africa´s first central tower plant plant. This 50 MW project, with several new groundbreaking technologies, is also the first plant equipped with Rioglass´ new heliostat mirror facet technology. A new integrated product with optimized characteristics helping to further develop the CSP tower ...
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RENAC-Oasis Solar Academy Egypt (ROSAE) - Case Study
RENAC-OASIS Solar Academy Egypt (ROSAE) provides practical-orientated training courses and capacity building services on solar energy to develop the capacities of the solar industry in Egypt. ROSAE is the result of a partnership between the Renewables Academy (RENAC), Germany, and Oasis Renewable Energy (ORE), Egypt. ORE is based in Cairo and since 2010 provides education and training ...
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Solar Payback - Solar Payback 2018 - Financial Sector Capacity Building Brazil, India, Mexico, South Africa - Case Study
What is Solar Payback About? The aim of the three-year project “Solar Payback” is the long-term reduction of CO2 emissions through the use of heat generated by solar thermal processes in industry. The effect of the project is based on the transfer of knowledge on political, technical and financial aspects. The development of business and financing models by energy service companies ...
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Artic Solar XCPC Solar Thermal Technology - The Future is Solar Thermal
Artic Solar, Inc. is a certified Veteran Owned Small Business capable of providing Solar Energy solutions to Commercial and Industrial customers with a full range of solar services including industrial process heat and high efficiency solar cooling, as well as on-site electrical generation. Artic Solar manufactures the game-changing XCPC high-temperature collector, the simplest and most ...
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Heating Water to Create Steam with Solar Power - The XCPC Solar Thermal Solution
Achieves temperatures in excess of 200 Degrees C at more than 50% efficiency (the percentage of incident solar radiation converted to useful heat energy) which current market incumbents cannot approach without tracking. Maintains efficiency even at high operating temperatures. Flat plate and other evacuated tube collectors exhibit good efficiency at lower temperatures but heat losses mean that ...
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Artic Solar Thermal Solutions – The Future of Industrial Solar
Are you stuck in a competitive rut and thinking about expanding your product line to increase your offerings and profitability? Artic Solar offers profitable solar thermal solutions for the commercial and industrial markets using boilers to make steam or hot water. Through our research we have become aware that the majority of boilers installed and operating in the US are outdated and have ...
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Solar Industrial Process Heating - Industrial Process Heating with Solar Power - The Artic Solar Solution
Thermal energy and steam are required for industrial processes. From the extraction of raw materials; Gas, mining, food and beverage processing, sanitation, commercial laundries and distillation heat is a vital part of the processing and manufacturing sectors. In the last several years, interest in using solar thermal collectors to generate the heat needed for industrial processes and ...
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Solar Thermal Power Plants
THE BENEFITS OF SOLAR THERMAL POWER PLANTS Solar thermal energy production requires two main things: sunlight and equipment to capture, store and disperse the energy. Only two types of solar thermal systems exist. They are the passive systems, which do not require equipment (such as the heat build-up in your car whenever you park it in the sun), and active systems which require a method to ...
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