A consortium led by Spanish company Abengoa has been selected as a preferred bidder by South Africa’s Department of Energy to build a second 100 megawatt (MW) concentrating solar power (CSP) plant near Pofadder. The department is scheduled to officially announce the preferred bidders on Monday for the third round of its renewable energy programme … Continue reading South Africa lines up Africa’s biggest concentrated solar power (CSP) complex
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Sacramento Utility to Launch Concentrated Solar Power-Natural Gas Project
As part of the Obama Administration’s all-of-the-above strategy to deploy every available source of American energy, the Energy Department today announced a new concentrating solar power (CSP) project led by the Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD). The project will integrate utility-scale CSP technology with SMUD’s 500-megawatt (MW) natural gas-fired Cosumnes Power Plant. Supported by a … Continue reading Sacramento Utility to Launch Concentrated Solar Power-Natural Gas Project
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Top 10 Things You Didn’t Know About Concentrated Solar Power (CSP)
10. Concentrating solar power (CSP) technology involves using mirrors, sometimes in the hundreds of thousands, to reflect sunlight and collect solar heat to generate electricity. A single solar thermal (CSP) plant can generate enough power for about 70,000 homes — making it a major player of the utility-scale solar market. For more CSP technology basics, … Continue reading Top 10 Things You Didn’t Know About Concentrated Solar Power (CSP)
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World Bank Study Outlines Potential of Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) in India
“Great potential for concentrating solar power in India,” says Joint Secretary for New and Renewable Energy. Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) holds out the promise of stable, clean and locally-sourced power for countries with abundant sunlight. CSP has the added advantage of being able to dispatch a sizeable amount of power to the national grid as … Continue reading World Bank Study Outlines Potential of Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) in India
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Molten salt for Fresnel Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) technology by Novatec Solar
Novatec Solar has started construction of a direct molten salt (DMS) demonstrator at its demonstration Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) plant PE 1 in Spain. Novatec Solar has started construction of a direct molten salt (DMS) demonstrator at its demonstration solar thermal power (CSP) plant PE 1 in Spain. For the first time in Europe, the … Continue reading Molten salt for Fresnel Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) technology by Novatec Solar
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Morocco concentrated solar power (CSP) project gets 654 mln euro German loan
Morocco has secured a 654 million euro loan from German state-owned bank KFW to part-finance two concentrating solar power (CSP) plants totalling 300 megawatts worth an estimated 1.7 billion euros. Tenders for construction of the two solar thermal plants, one of 200 megawatts (MW) and the other of 100 MW, near the southern city of … Continue reading Morocco concentrated solar power (CSP) project gets 654 mln euro German loan
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Abengoa and Cobra (ACS) was awarded two Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) plants in South Africa
This Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) is located 35 kilometers east of the town of Upington in the Northern Cape region. ACS, through its subsidiary Cobra, has been selected by the consortium Ilangalethu for construction, operation and maintenance of a Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) plant in South Africa that will be executed under a turnkey contract … Continue reading Abengoa and Cobra (ACS) was awarded two Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) plants in South Africa
Continue readingAbengoa will develop a new 100 MW Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) plant in South Africa
Abengoa strengthens its position in South Africa with this new oncentrating Solar Power (CSP) plant that will be part of the largest solar thermal complex in Africa. The parabolic trough CSP plant will have a cutting-edge storage system, being able to generate electricity for five hours after the sunset. Abengoa (MCE: ABG.B/P SM /NASDAQ: ABGB), the … Continue reading Abengoa will develop a new 100 MW Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) plant in South Africa
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South Africa: 2 Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) Projects Awarded in Window 3 of the REIPPPP
Today, 29 October 2013, the Department of Energy sent letters of appointment to 17 preferred bidders, two of which were for Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) projects. “The Department received 93 Bid Responses on the Third Bid Submission Date. The Department has today, 29 October 2013, sent letters of appointment as Preferred Bidders to 17 … Continue reading South Africa: 2 Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) Projects Awarded in Window 3 of the REIPPPP
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RWE and Abengoa to sue Spain over Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) cutting
RWE expected to join the international arbitration against Spain for the Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) cutting. Since 2011 , the German company operates through its subsidiary RWE Innogy the solar thermal power plant Andasol Granada 3 of 50 megawatts (MW) capacity. The Andasol complex as a whole is the largest European solar thermal plant and … Continue reading RWE and Abengoa to sue Spain over Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) cutting
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Concentrated Solar Power: the deployment of CSP is still at an early stage
Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) plants use mirrors to concentrate sunlight onto a receiver, which collects and transfers the solar energy to a heat transfer fluid that can be used to supply heat for end-use applications or to generate electricity through conventional steam turbines. Large CSP plants can be equipped with a heat storage system … Continue reading Concentrated Solar Power: the deployment of CSP is still at an early stage
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Fight for concentrated solar power continues in Port Augusta (Australia)
Repower Port Augusta is not giving up its fight, with people from across the state standing up to push for concentrating solar thermal power (CSP)in Port Augusta. Nine interested parties from Adelaide and around the state visited Port Augusta for a planning day on Saturday to discuss the future of Repower Port Augusta and its … Continue reading Fight for concentrated solar power continues in Port Augusta (Australia)
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Construction of Solar Euromed’s Alba Nova 1 concentrated solar power (CSP) plant kicks off
France’s leading technology group Solar Euromed SAS (Dijon, France) has kicked-off construction of the first Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) plant in France. France’s leading technology group Solar Euromed SAS (Dijon, France) has kicked-off construction of the first Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) plant in France. Located at the Ghisonaccia commune in the French island of … Continue reading Construction of Solar Euromed’s Alba Nova 1 concentrated solar power (CSP) plant kicks off
Continue readingRenewable Energy to represent 12% of South Africa's energy mix in 2020
Citing the nation's renewable energy solicitations, Frost & Sullivan (Mountain View, California, U.S.) forecasts that renewable energy will grow from 1% of South Africa's energy supply in 2012 to 12% in 2020. The Renewable Energy Power Purchase Agreement (REIPPP) aims to procure 3.725 GW of electricity from renewable energy by 2020. The program has already … Continue reading Renewable Energy to represent 12% of South Africa's energy mix in 2020
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Abengoa sues government over concentrated solar power premium cut
Abengoa has decided to take legal action against the Spanish government for the reduction in the premium rates paid for concentrating solar power (CSP) in its reform of the domestic electricity sector. Abengoa has decided to raise a legal battle for the reduction of premiums for concentrating solar power generation approved by the Government in … Continue reading Abengoa sues government over concentrated solar power premium cut
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DLR begins operating new test facility at J
Researchers at the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) have started operating a receiver test facility on the tower of the concentrating solar power plant in Jülich. In a concentrated solar power plant, solar radiation is converted into heat in the receiver. The test facility is located on a research level … Continue reading DLR begins operating new test facility at J
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France is to lend €100-million (R1.3-billion) to South African state company Eskom to help finance a 100 megawatt (MW) concentrated solar power plant near Upington in the Northern Cape. Eskom and the French Development Agency (AFD) agreed on Monday night, during French President Francois Hollande's state visit to South Africa, to facilitate the signing of … Continue reading France is to lend
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Molten Salt receiving tubes to Archimede ISCC Plant in Sicily
Molten salts are considered as the preferred HTF to enable the necessary technology leap that the CSP industry is expecting. Archimede Solar Energy (ASE), Massa Martana (Perugia), Italy, has supplied the 4th release of Molten Salt receiving tubes to Archimede ISCC Plant in Sicily, the world
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Solana is the first concentrating solar power (CSP) plant in the U.S. with a thermal energy storage system that is able to generate electricity for six hours. Abengoa (MCE: ABG.B), the international company that applies innovative technology solutions for sustainability in the energy and environment sectors, has announced that Solana, the world
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