IEA Says Energy Industry In Troubled Water With Future Water Usage
February 11th, 2013 | by Chelsea
It’s an easily forgotten necessity of energy production: the billions of cubic meters (BCM) of freshwater that is necessary for
Browsing the "Concentrating solar thermal power" Tag
New Study on Material Constraints of Concentrating Solar Thermal Power (Finding: Not a Problem)
July 2nd, 2012 | by Zachary Shahan
As you may have noticed in the story on the huge NREL study just published showing that 80% of
China to Have 3 GW of Concentrated Solar Thermal Power (CSP) by 2020
March 30th, 2012 | by Zachary Shahan
The concentrated solar power (aka concentrating solar power) market will continue to grow, even in the midst of solar
Concentrating Solar Power to Bounce Back
February 8th, 2012 | by Zachary Shahan
We've written a couple times on concentrating solar power (CSP) plants (including what would be the largest CSP plant in the world) switching to solar photovoltaics (PV) because of the large and fast drop in PV prices over the past year. But, recent reports are projecting that CSP is going to bounce back. Here's more from Frankie Bertie of sister site Gas2 on this (plus several images of such plants)
Some Skepticism on Solar Thermal Power’s Storage Potential
January 24th, 2012 | by John Farrell
Earlier this month, New York Times reporter Matt Wald had a piece on the role of energy storage in supporting the expansion of renewable energy. However, his specific focus on solar thermal power generation overlooks the potentially high costs of relying on solar thermal power and also overlooks the potential for distributed “storehousing” of renewable energy.
Does Energy Storage Compensate for Water-Thirsty Concentrating Solar Thermal Power?
October 5th, 2011 | by John Farrell
Concentrating solar thermal power has promised big additions to renewable energy production with the additional benefit of energy storage. But with significant water consumption in desert locations, is the energy storage benefit of concentrating solar enough to compete with the dramatically falling cost of solar
When Picking Solar Power Options, It’s the Water, Stupid
August 5th, 2011 | by John Farrell
Concentrating solar has promised big additions to renewable energy production with the additional benefit of energy storage - saving sun power for nighttime - but there's a catch. Most of the new power plants are big water users despite being planned for desert locations
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