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Spain

Gemasolar: a jewel in Spain’s crown

Friday, 07 October 2011 Toby Price His Majesty the King of Spain Juan Carlos I and His Highness General Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, Deputy Supreme Commander of the United Arab Emirates Armed Forces officially ...

Abengoa completes India’s first solar-thermal power plant

Monday, 26 September 2011 REM

Abengoa has completed India’s first solar-thermal power plant in India, a 3 MW plant located in Gwal Pahari in the Indian state of Haryana.

“Virtual plant” planned for CSP plant operator training

Friday, 23 September 2011 REM Siemens Energy and Sun to Market Solutions are to launch a full-scope integrated test, commissioning and training simulator for concentrating solar power (CSP) plants. The objective of the control room ...

World's largest solar power plant shifts from CSP to PV technology

Friday, 19 August 2011 Dan McCue Solar Trust of America, the firm behind what is expected to be the world’s largest solar power plant has shifted gears on its Blythe Solar Power Project in the US state of California, and will use ...

India

Titan Tracker design selected for pilot solar power tower system

Wednesday, 06 July 2011 Toby Price The Indian company, SunBorne Energy, is ambitious, aiming for grid parity for solar power in 2015. It wants to become a “thought leader” in the solar sector, and as part of this mission is ...

American CSP industry receives huge boost from DoE

Monday, 20 June 2011 Toby Price 2011 will go down in the concentrated solar power (CSP) industry’s history books as an excellent year. Following announcements for two loan guarantees in late 2010 to construct Ivanpah (a tower plant ...

Spain

CSP one of the few sectors not to suffer severe recession

Friday, 15 April 2011 During the three years between 2008 and 2010, 750,000 jobs were lost in Spain’s industry. At the same time, this European country commissioned 17 solar thermal electric power plants, creating thousands ...

MENA

Will solar development survive in North Africa and Middle East?

Wednesday, 30 March 2011 In recent weeks the world has seen a dramatic change in the political structure in North Africa and Middle East. With all eyes of the world on the region the question remains: what does the future economy ...

Global CSP industry reaches 40 GW

Thursday, 17 March 2011 Toby Price CSP Today has released the third edition of its CSP World Map 2011 coinciding with the 5th edition of the CSP Today USA conference. The map shows 230 concentrating solar power (CSP) plants in planning, ...

First in a series of “technical top tips” released for CSP developers

Tuesday, 15 February 2011 Toby Price With concentrating solar power (CSP) now finding new emerging markets such as India, Ferrostaal - a CSP project developer and EPC service provider - has joined force with CSP Today to prepare the first ...