Two California electric utilities have moved to exit long-term contracts to buy power from Ivanpah, a unique first-of-its-kind utility-scale solar tower project that has delivered only around 70–80% of its projected annual generation since it began operating in 2014. The partners, which included Google, Pacific Gas & Electric, and Southern … [continued]
The US concentrating solar power startup GlassPoint has its sights set on ripe solar markets in the US Southwest as well as southern Europe, the Middle East, and South America (screenshot, courtesy of GlassPoint).
The US concentrating solar power startup GlassPoint has its sights set on ripe solar markets in the US Southwest as well as southern Europe, the Middle East, and South America.
With an assist from energy storage, concentrating solar power gets a reboot for commercial and industrial applications (courtesy of 247Solar via Global Newswire).
With an assist from energy storage, concentrating solar power gets a reboot for commercial and industrial applications.
Opening of the Singapore International Energy Week (SIEW) 2025. Photo for CleanTechnica by Raymond Tribdino.
“The path to energy generation is the use of diverse no-carbon and low-carbon sources,” Tan Lee Leng, Singapore’s Minister-in-charge of Energy and Science, said in his opening keynote of the Singapore International Energy Week (SIEW) 2025. This year is the 18th running of SIEW. The event underscored Singapore’s strategic position … [continued]
Chatgpt generated: Split scene showing abandoned CSP mirrors in the desert on one side and vast PV farms with batteries on the other, symbolizing the energy transition
Ivanpah was supposed to be the future. When it opened in the Mojave Desert in 2014, with its three towers glowing like beacons and almost 400 MW of capacity, it was the largest concentrated solar power plant in the world. It had the backing of Google, NRG Energy, BrightSource, and … [continued]
Against the high profile backdrop of New York Climate Week, the global energy storage field is heating up with new joint ventures, new alliances, new technologies, and new momentum to support wind and solar power.
Solar energy innovators are still hard at work in the US, as demonstrated by a new concentrating solar power project in California.
Heliogen's concentrating solar power system integrates long duration energy storage to achieve an average renewable capacity factor of 90%.
Heliogen’s concentrating solar power system integrates long duration energy storage to achieve an average renewable capacity factor of 90%.
NREL researcher Craig Turchi soaks up the sunshine along the banks of the Gunnison River in Colorado. Turchi is the manager of the Thermal Energy Science and Technologies group in NREL's Center for Energy Conversion and Storage Systems. His love for nature led him to work in solar technologies after completing his Ph.D. in chemical engineering at North Carolina State University. At NREL, his work has focused on a range of issues in concentrating solar technologies, from systems analysis to reducing water use at concentrating solar power plants in desert environments. Photo from Craig Turchi
Turchi’s Years at a Tech Startup Gave Him a Savvy Outlook on Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) Systems Analysis and Innovation Honesty is the best policy, and from his early days at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Craig Turchi embraced that policy in his work as a chemical engineer in … [continued]
Solar fuels are beginning to support the economic case for concentrating solar power plants, which produce high heat by focusing sunlight on a transfer medium.
