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UAE

Masdar Institute researchers claim desert sand can be used for CSP generation

Wednesday, 30 December 2015 Robin Whitlock Researchers at the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Masdar Institute have demonstrated that desert sand from the UAE could be used in concentrated solar power (CSP) facilities to store thermal energy up to 1000°C. ...

South Africa

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

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 ...

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 ...

france to join CSP elite

Monday, 06 August 2012 Toby Price Currently there are 679 MW of installed solar thermal electric capacity worldwide and more than 2,000 MW under construction. Until now, the US and Spain have been market leaders in terms of installed capacity ...

MENA

EC welcomes solar plan for Africa and Middle East

Thursday, 24 November 2011 Toby Price The European Commission has welcomed an agreement signed by the industrial initiatives Dii and Medgrid to strengthen their co-operation on the development of industrial-scale renewable energy from deserts ...

"Greater contribution of solar” needed for ISCC plants, says Iberdrola

Wednesday, 23 November 2011 Toby Price Spain’s Iberdrola Engineering is committed to Integrated Solar Combined Cycle technology, which comprises bolting on a solar field to a conventional gas-powered plant. It says that this approach is “gaining ...

Solar thermal electricity goes global

Tuesday, 18 October 2011 Toby Price In an announcement timed to coincide with the International Energy Agency's (IEA) biennial Ministerial Meeting in Paris today, the industry associations representing the solar thermal electricity industry ...

US

Green light for hybrid solar and geothermal project

Thursday, 18 August 2011 Toby Price Enel Green Power has been granted final regulatory approval to develop a ground-breaking new renewable energy plant in Nevada (US). The plant will combine solar and geothermal power, making it one of the ...

Magtel presents solar-biomass hybrid energy together with researchers from the US, Israel and Germany

Monday, 20 September 2010 Magtel I+D+i will present a paper on the initial results of its R&D in the field of hybrid concepts in concentrating solar power plants at the SolarPACES 2010 Conference being held in Perpignan (france) ...