Solar Thermal Electric

Heliostat Consortium Announces Funding Aimed at Lowering Barriers to Heliostat Deployment

Friday, 02 June 2023 REM The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory and Sandia National Laboratories, co-leads of the Heliostat Consortium, announced seven awardees from a request for proposals (RFP) ...

"We are virtually unbeatable in daily and weekly storage"

Saturday, 29 April 2023 Antonio Barrero F. solar thermal is a multipurpose technology: it can generate electricity (day and night), it can produce heat for industrial processes (for drying and dehydration, sterilization, pasteurization, washing) ...

Belgium

ENERGYNEST finalises installation of thermal battery in Belgium

Tuesday, 14 February 2023 Robin Whitlock ENERGYNEST has finalised the installation of their thermal battery at Avery Dennison’s plant in Belgium, which will allow Avery Dennison to wean itself off natural gas usage by using a battery that charges ...

EnergyNest and Azteq to pioneer night-time solar for global packaging company

Wednesday, 03 November 2021 Robin Whitlock Thermal battery storage company EnergyNest has announced it has entered an agreement with solar thermal developer Azteq to integrate a ThermalBattery system at a new concentrated solar thermal (CST) plant ...

New partnership between Synhelion and Wood accelerates market entry of solar fuels

Thursday, 13 May 2021 Robin Whitlock Swiss solar fuel pioneer Synhelion has entered into a partnership with Wood, a global leader in consulting and engineering across energy and the built environment to rapidly bring solar-based synthetic ...

Solar Heat Europe and Liquid Gas Europe publish joint policy on carbon reduction

Thursday, 29 October 2020 Robin Whitlock Solar Heat Europe and Liquid Gas Europe have called on European, national, and local policymakers to take a comprehensive approach to emissions reduction focusing on cost-effective modernisation of heating ...

REFRACTARIS Provides Heat Shield for New Solar Tower in China

Monday, 07 October 2019 REM

Spanish firm, REFRACTARIS, has designed and built the thermal heat shield for the Luneng Haixi, a new concentrated solar power plant located in China.

Abengoa and Acciona to build Cerro Dominador solar thermal Plant

Wednesday, 01 August 2018 Dan McCue Abengoa and Acciona, through a consortium formed for this purpose, have signed a contract to complete the construction of the Cerro Dominador solar thermal plant in Chile. The consortium, led by Acciona ...

Britain's ContourGlobal to Buy Acciona's Spanish CSP Portfolio

Tuesday, 27 February 2018 Dan McCue

Britain’s ContourGlobal has agreed to buy to buy Acciona’s five solar thermal plants in Spain for €1.09 billion (about $1.19 million).

SolarReserve Reaches Milestone in solar thermal Project Development

Wednesday, 10 January 2018 Dan McCue SolarReserve has received Development Approval for its Aurora Solar Energy Project, a key milestone required to build the 150 MW solar thermal power station 30 kilometers (19 miles) north of Port Augusta. ...