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French loan to help fund South african CSP plant

Tuesday, 15 October 2013 Robin Whitlock

Eskom and Agence Française de Développement will sign a €100 million loan agreement for the funding of a 100MW concentrating solar power plant

Abengoa announces first half 2013 financial results

Thursday, 29 August 2013 Dan McCue

Abengoa announced its unaudited consolidated financial results for the first half of the year ended June 30, 2013, and the underlying message is that diversity is good.

Abengoa completes construction of South africa 's first solar tower

Monday, 26 August 2013 Dan McCue

Abengoa, together with project partners Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) and the Khi Community Trust, has completed construction of the Khi Solar One tower in South africa.

ACWA Power consortium adds CSP capacity to the South african power grid

Wednesday, 21 August 2013 Dan McCue A consortium led by ACWA Power International (ACWA Power), the Saudi electricity and desalinated water producer, has begun construction of the BOKPOORT Concentrated Solar Power Independent Power Project ...

IRENA hails launch of Shams 1 CSP project in UAE

Tuesday, 19 March 2013 REM The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) welcomed the activation of the world’s largest operational Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) facility on Sunday, 17 March, as the Middle East turns to ...

Report says South african CSP ready for late April start

Monday, 18 March 2013 REM The Bokpoort concentrated solar project near the city of Upington in South africa's Northern Cape province is scheduled to expected to get underway the third week of April, according to a report by CSP ...

SolarReserve project receives unanimous approval from California Public Utilities

Tuesday, 29 January 2013 REM SolarReserve, a US-based. developer of large-scale solar power projects, has received unanimous approval from the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) to sell power from its 150 MW solar project ...

Alfa Laval wins order for South african CSP facility

Wednesday, 05 December 2012 REM Alfa Laval, a manufacturer of heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling machinery, has received an order from Abengoa to supply Alfa Laval Packinox heat exchangers to a concentrated solar ...

Abengoa begins construction of CSP plants South africa

Monday, 12 November 2012 REM

Abengoa has begun construction on the 50 MW solar power tower Khi Solar One and the 100 MW parabolic trough plant KaXu Solar One in South africa.

Spanish consortium awarded Moroccan CSP contract

Tuesday, 25 September 2012 Toby Price A consortium comprising the Spanish companies TSK, Acciona, SENER and Aries has been awarded the contract to build and operate the Ouarzazate concentrated solar power (CSP) plant in Morocco, which will ...