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Thermal storage tanks in a CSP plant under construction
NREL has conducted a report that quantifies the significant value that Concentrated Solar Power plants can add to the grid. Researchers evaluated the operational impacts of CSP systems with thermal...
26 April 2013
Arun Dish by Clique Solar
Small-scale CSP, from the range of 100 kW up to 2 MW, could reach 63 GW by 2050, mostly for process heat and rural on/off-grid applications according to a report released by Carbon Trust, which has...
25 April 2013
Spanish CSP companies to appeal against new regulatory framework
Spanish companies operating most of the Concentrated Solar Power plants in Spain have agreed to jointly file an appeal with the Supreme Court against the new regulatory framework in effect since...
25 April 2013
SolarReserve's Crescent Dunes CSP plant
While markets like southern Europe, India or US are slowing down, suffering delays or even being halted, some other emerging markets, like Chile or Middle East are gaining attractiveness for...
18 April 2013
PNNL's parabolic dish to produce syngas
The Department of Energy of Pacific Northwest National Laboratory is developing a system to improve performance of natural gas power plants with a solar booster. During the sunlight hours, the plant...
12 April 2013
Flabeg ceases production of mirrors in its US factory, the American subsidiary could file for bankruptcy
Flabeg Solar US Corp, the American subsidiary of Germany’s Flabeg Solar, has reportedly ceased production in its factory at Clinton, Pennsylvania. According to information published by Pittsburgh’s...
08 April 2013
Ain Beni Mathar ISCC plant in Morocco . Image: World Bank
On March 19, the African Development Bank (AfDB) and World Bank convened a workshop with representatives of Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Libya, Morocco, and Tunisia in Rabat, Morocco to review and upgrade...
08 April 2013
City of Victorville asks for another chance for its proposed hybrid CSP plant
The City of Victorville, in California, has filed a “Petition for extension of the construction deadline for Victorville 2 Hybrid Power Project” with the California Energy Commission (CEC). The city...
07 April 2013
Artist rendering of propossed Hidden Hills CSP plant
BrightSource Energy has filed a notice of suspension for the proposed Hidden Hills CSP plant, currently under revision by the California Energy Commission (CEC). Hidden Hills is a proposed 500 MW...
04 April 2013
Assembling of a panel for the receiver at Crescent Dunes CSP plant
SolarReserve has achieved a new milestone in its Crescent Dunes CSP plant at Nevada. The molten salt receiver has been completely assembled atop the 540 ft tower Crescent Dunes is a 110 MW tower...
02 April 2013

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