CleanTechnica » Thermal Energy Storage http://cleantechnica.com Clean Tech News & Views: Solar Energy News. Wind Energy News. EV News. & More. Tue, 30 Dec 2014 18:48:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.1 Abengoa Secures Financing For 100 MW Solar Thermal Power Plant In South Africa http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/19/abengoa-secures-financing-100-mw-solar-thermal-power-plant-south-africa/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/19/abengoa-secures-financing-100-mw-solar-thermal-power-plant-south-africa/#comments Fri, 19 Dec 2014 11:44:46 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=76549 Abengoa has reported progress on its third solar power project under South Africa’s ambitious Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement program. The Xina Solar One concentrated solar power project has secured debt financing, the owner and developer of the project, Abengoa, has announced. The project, with a capacity of 100 MW, was secured by the company

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/19/abengoa-secures-financing-100-mw-solar-thermal-power-plant-south-africa/feed/ 0 25 MW Of Ice Energy Storage For Southern California Edison http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/22/25-mw-ice-energy-storage-southern-california-edison/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/22/25-mw-ice-energy-storage-southern-california-edison/#comments Sat, 22 Nov 2014 16:43:35 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=75257 A company called Ice Energy, located in Glendale, CA, will be providing up to 25 MW of grid support to Southern California Edison in the form of water that is frozen at night when electricity is cheap. During a hot day, the ice is used for cooling in a rooftop air conditioning unit to reduce

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/22/25-mw-ice-energy-storage-southern-california-edison/feed/ 11 IEA Repeats Positive View For Global Solar Thermal Electricity http://cleantechnica.com/2014/10/13/global-solar-thermal-electricity-iea-bullish/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/10/13/global-solar-thermal-electricity-iea-bullish/#comments Mon, 13 Oct 2014 08:00:35 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=73073 Photovoltaic solar power seems to get most of the attention when it comes to solar (for good reason), but global solar thermal electricity from concentrating solar power plants has also improved a lot in the last five years. The technology is diversifying, costs are dropping, and new markets have begun to open up. At the same

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/10/13/global-solar-thermal-electricity-iea-bullish/feed/ 6 Australia Solar Technology Makes Storage Breakthrough http://cleantechnica.com/2014/09/19/australia-solar-technology-makes-storage-breakthrough/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/09/19/australia-solar-technology-makes-storage-breakthrough/#comments Fri, 19 Sep 2014 18:10:11 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=72185 RenewEconomy By Giles Parkinson Novatec Solar – a company majority owned by Australia’s Transfield Holdings – has commissioned a solar thermal energy demonstration plant in Spain that is based on a new type of molten salt storage technology. The Germany-based Novatec Solar says the new plant uses a process called direct molten salt or DMS

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/09/19/australia-solar-technology-makes-storage-breakthrough/feed/ 23 Top Energy Storage Companies In 2014 Innovation Award Competition http://cleantechnica.com/2014/08/30/top-energy-storage-companies-innovation-award/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/08/30/top-energy-storage-companies-innovation-award/#comments Sat, 30 Aug 2014 15:23:27 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=71310 The nine finalists for the 2014 edition of Energy Storage North America’s (ESNA) annual Innovation Award have now been announced — setting the stage for the winners to be announced at the Energy Storage North America convention, which is taking place at the San Jose Convention Center from September 30th to October 2nd. The annually

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/06/27/video-isentropic-wants-store-energy-gravel/feed/ 41 Corporate Open Innovation Platforms That Can Be Helpful For Cleantech Startups, Universities & Research Labs http://cleantechnica.com/2014/06/11/corporate-open-innovation-platforms-can-helpful-cleantech-startups-universities-research-labs/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/06/11/corporate-open-innovation-platforms-can-helpful-cleantech-startups-universities-research-labs/#comments Wed, 11 Jun 2014 11:28:17 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=68035 By Denis Kuznetsov Open innovation has been a hot topic in the business world since its introduction by Professor H. Chesbrough in 2003. Having initially evolved in technology and consumer goods corporations (like IBM and P&G), the open innovation paradigm is now spreading to most industries, including energy and cleantech. In simple words, the open innovation concept encourages companies

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/06/11/corporate-open-innovation-platforms-can-helpful-cleantech-startups-universities-research-labs/feed/ 0 Low Cost Concentrating Solar Power System Leverages Calcium Energy Storage http://cleantechnica.com/2014/06/06/low-cost-concentrating-solar-power-gets-1-mil-boost/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/06/06/low-cost-concentrating-solar-power-gets-1-mil-boost/#comments Fri, 06 Jun 2014 11:50:55 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=67906 A new project at the Southern Research Institute is in the works that could shoot low cost concentrating solar power from an also-ran to a major player in the competitive energy marketplace. The research effort is a $1.05 million project funded partly by the Energy Department under President Obama’s SunShot Initiative. It is part of

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/06/06/low-cost-concentrating-solar-power-gets-1-mil-boost/feed/ 32 Cerro Dominador Solar-Thermal Mega-Project Moves Forward http://cleantechnica.com/2014/05/15/cerro-dominador-solar-project-moves-forward-environmental-approval-granted-solar-thermal-mega-project/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/05/15/cerro-dominador-solar-project-moves-forward-environmental-approval-granted-solar-thermal-mega-project/#comments Thu, 15 May 2014 18:50:30 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=66791 Originally published on Solar Love. Chile 110 MW CSP Plant Moves Forward (via Solar Love) The Cerro Dominador solar-thermal mega-project being developed in the Atacama Desert in Chile just took a big step forward after obtaining a favorable environmental rating from Chilean Environmental Service authorities. The Cerro Dominador project will… &nbsp

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/05/15/cerro-dominador-solar-project-moves-forward-environmental-approval-granted-solar-thermal-mega-project/feed/ 1 1st Ukrainian Solar Hackathon In Kyiv http://cleantechnica.com/2014/04/28/first-ukrainian-solar-hackathon-kyiv/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/04/28/first-ukrainian-solar-hackathon-kyiv/#comments Mon, 28 Apr 2014 09:50:56 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=65855 Originally published on EnergyTorrent. The first Ukrainian solar hackathon will take place on June 6–8, 2014 in Kyiv. A joint event by EnergyTorrent and Geek Workspace will gather hacker teams willing to compete for the name of the best solar hacker team and a nice set of prizes. Focus on CSP This first solar hackathon

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/04/28/first-ukrainian-solar-hackathon-kyiv/feed/ 0 Taking A Deep Dive Into Hydrogen (Charts, Graphs, Tables, More) http://cleantechnica.com/2014/04/27/taking-deep-dive-hydrogen/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/04/27/taking-deep-dive-hydrogen/#comments Sun, 27 Apr 2014 19:30:54 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=65741 We cover quite a lot of university and research institute news here on CleanTechnica. I know a lot of readers love that stuff, but there’s an important downside to news from those sources that is quite prevalent. That news is often overly colorful, optimistic, and revolutionary in its style of writing. Some of those advances

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/04/27/taking-deep-dive-hydrogen/feed/ 22 The Democratizing Promise Of Energy Storage http://cleantechnica.com/2014/04/04/democratizing-promise-energy-storage/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/04/04/democratizing-promise-energy-storage/#comments Fri, 04 Apr 2014 08:13:47 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=64868 While energy storage is a small fraction of total power generation capacity, promising examples suggest that distributed energy storage could change the electricity system during the next decade as fundamentally as distributed renewable energy has in the last decade. Right now, 95% of energy storage in the U.S. is water pumped uphill into in reservoirs,

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/04/04/democratizing-promise-energy-storage/feed/ 28 Energy Storage Market Set To Explode http://cleantechnica.com/2014/01/31/energy-storage-market-set-explode/ http://cleantechnica.com/2014/01/31/energy-storage-market-set-explode/#comments Fri, 31 Jan 2014 15:10:42 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=61956 Energy storage is often heralded as the “holy grail” of the energy market. It seems that a number of researchers and companies have worked hard and long enough that this holy grail is ready to see the light. According to market research firm IHS, the energy storage market is set to “explode” to an annual

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2014/01/31/energy-storage-market-set-explode/feed/ 108 13 Huge Clean Energy Breakthroughs Of 2013 http://cleantechnica.com/2013/12/23/13-huge-clean-energy-breakthroughs-2013/ http://cleantechnica.com/2013/12/23/13-huge-clean-energy-breakthroughs-2013/#comments Mon, 23 Dec 2013 12:00:12 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=60395 Originally published on ThinkProgress. By Kiley Kroh. While the news about climate change seems to get worse every day, the rapidly improving technology, declining costs, and increasing accessibility of clean energy is the true bright spot in the march toward a zero-carbon future. 2013 had more clean energy milestones than we could fit on one

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2013/12/23/13-huge-clean-energy-breakthroughs-2013/feed/ 5 Energy Storage Solutions 101 (VIDEO) http://cleantechnica.com/2013/12/12/energy-storage-solutions-101-video/ http://cleantechnica.com/2013/12/12/energy-storage-solutions-101-video/#comments Thu, 12 Dec 2013 20:00:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=60076 Activ Solar COO Dr. Johann Harter, who I had the great pleasure of interviewing a couple months ago,recently gave a presentation on energy storage solutions at the fifth International Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency Forum in Kyiv (REF2013). It’s a great primer on the various energy storage solutions we have at hand at the moment. He also

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2013/12/12/energy-storage-solutions-101-video/feed/ 15 Top 10 Most Interesting Energy & Environment Articles From October http://cleantechnica.com/2013/11/09/top-10-interesting-energy-environment-articles-october/ http://cleantechnica.com/2013/11/09/top-10-interesting-energy-environment-articles-october/#comments Sun, 10 Nov 2013 00:54:11 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=58732 Here’s my latest monthly report of the “Top 10” most compelling clean energy, climate, and environment-related news stories encountered last month. These articles may have an impact on your business, your life, and the world we live in. Or, at the very least, might surprise you about what’s going on. Over a thousand articles were

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]]> http://cleantechnica.com/2013/09/20/sandia-harnessing-solar-energy-tiny-particles/feed/ 3 The Intermittency of Wind and Solar: Is It Only Intermittently a Problem? http://cleantechnica.com/2013/08/12/intermittency-of-wind-and-solar-is-it-only-intermittently-a-problem/ http://cleantechnica.com/2013/08/12/intermittency-of-wind-and-solar-is-it-only-intermittently-a-problem/#comments Mon, 12 Aug 2013 15:00:33 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=54958 Editor’s Note: One of CleanTechnica’s awesome readers has provided us with this exclusive guest post on the “intermittency” of various power sources — renewable and non-renewables. The article “knocks it out of the park,” so to speak. Get into a discussion with someone about the “intermittency” of wind or solar power? Add this article to

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