Solar Thermal Electric

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).

Aalborg CSP to share global solar expertise with UAE

Wednesday, 21 February 2018 Robin Whitlock Aalborg CSP is part of a delegation of leading Danish companies that have travelled to the United Arab Emirates in order to share Danish expertise in sustainability with developers and stakeholders in ...

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. ...

Ashalim’s solar Tower is World’s Tallest

Wednesday, 27 December 2017 Dan McCue The Ashalim solar Thermal Power Station, located in Israel’s Negev desert, is one of the largest projects of its type in the world. It is also the first solar thermal or concentrated solar power (CSP) ...

solar Certification Fund launches 9^th call for proposals for new solar Thermal Certification

Friday, 24 November 2017 Robin Whitlock The solar Certification Fund (SCF) has launched its 9th call for proposals to continue to provide regular and reliable support for developing better solar Thermal Certification and standardisation and ...

CSP Market to Witness Over 17% Growth by 2025

Monday, 20 November 2017 REM Global Concentrated solar Power Market is set to surpass 24 GW by 2025, as reported in the latest study by Global Market Insights, Inc. Growing adoption of clean energy fuel over conventional fuel will ...

Aalborg CSP A/S to supply steam generation system for Chinese concentrated solar power plant

Monday, 06 November 2017 Robin Whitlock

Aalborg CSP A/S in collaboration with Jiangsu Livo New Energy Technology Co., Ltd is to supply a steam generation system for the 50 MW Shenzen Jinfan concentrated solar power (CSP) plant in China.

Fractal Design Creates More Efficient solar Receivers

Thursday, 26 October 2017 Dan McCue Engineers at Sandia National Laboratories have developed fractal-like, concentrating solar power receivers for small- to medium-scale use they say are up to 20 percent more effective at absorbing sunlight ...

South Australia

solar Research Field Opens in South Australia

Tuesday, 10 October 2017 REM Australian car parts company Precision Components has partnered with the University of South Australia to open the concentrated solar research field in the northern suburbs of Adelaide, South Australia. ...

New Technology Has the Potential to Lower Cost of CSP Systems

Wednesday, 04 October 2017 Dan McCue

Skysun, a startup out of Bay Village, Ohio, has developed a new design that could help cut the cost of a Concentrated solar Power (CSP) system by more than 30%.