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CIF approves $660 M revised plan for CSP deployment in the MENA region
The Climate Investment Fund (CIF) Trust Fund Committee has approved the revised plan for support Concentrated Solar Power in the MENA region included...
09 May 2013
Abengoa has held a conference to present Q1 2013 results where EBITDA for Q1 2013 has dropped 53%. Revenues from solar sector have dropped a 19% in...
30 April 2013
EU awards €10 M to the ‘Scientific And Technological Alliance in CSP’ led by Spain’s PSA
The ‘Scientific and Technological Alliance for Guaranteeing the European Excellence in Concentrating Solar Thermal Energy’ (STAGE-STE) project, led...
30 April 2013
US DOE to boost thermochemical energy storage with $20 M for new research projects
US Department of Energy (DOE) has announced a new funding opportunity (FOA). The “Efficiently Leveraging Equilibrium Mechanisms for Engineering New...
28 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...
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...
02 April 2013
eSolar CSP  tower technology
eSolar is in the way to raise $30 million from investors according to a 'Form D' filed last March 26 in the Securities and Exchange Commission. The...
27 March 2013
Ivanpah, a plant similar to Palen, currently under construction by BrightSource
In a press release issued today, Abengoa has announced its partnership with BrightSource Energy to build th 500 MW tower type plant Palen SEGS in...
15 March 2013
Close view of Ivanpah's solar receiver with the first solar flux
First glints over Ivanpah Concentrated Solar Power plant have been seen in the last days. A sign that everything goes ahead towards the forthcoming...
05 March 2013
Chile launches tender for CSP plant
Chile's government has just launched a tender to build what could be the first CSP plant -for electricity generation- in the country. Companies,...
28 February 2013

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