A New Hope For Concentrating Solar Power
Concentrating solar power systems are getting an energy efficiency makeover and a new job: producing solar fuels.
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DOE To Build Concentrated Solar Demonstration Facility At Sandia National Lab
Sandia Labs is building a concentrated solar power demonstration facility that is scheduled for completion in 2024.
If You Can’t Do Nuclear, Try (Concentrating) Solar Power Instead
Bill Gates was going to save the planet with breakthrough nuclear technology, but his new concentrating solar power venture is breaking through first.
New Materials Could Make Concentrated Solar Power Cheaper Than Battery Storage
Researchers have developed new materials to use in ultra high temperature concentrating solar power systems. High temperatures mean more electricity from the same amount of sunlight, making CSP price competitive with batteries for making electricity from sunlight.
Small-Scale Concentrated Solar Power Could Benefit Remote Areas
Swedish company Azelio has developed small-scale concentrated solar power systems that may be ideal for bringing electrical power to remote areas that have no access to a traditional electricity grid.
Pintail Power Combines Solar, CSP, & Conventional Generation Into One Highly Efficient System
Pintail Power offers a new technology that combines solar power, conventional steam generators, and molten salt storage to take the duck curve.
All CSP Prices Now 7 Cents Or Under In MENA, Says ACWA Power
In September, ACWA Power contracted with DEWA (Dubai Electricity and Water Authority) to build the world’s largest concentrated solar power (CSP) plant at 700 MW with 15 hours of storage, at 7.3 cents per kWh, one of a cascading series in 2017 of bombshell record-low CSP prices in 2017.
Dubai Awards 700 Megawatt Solar CSP Contract For Mammoth Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar…
The Gulf emirate of Dubai announced on Saturday the contract for the mammoth Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park, a 700 MW solar CSP extension awarded to a consortium made up of Chinese-based Shanghai Electric and Saudi Arabia’s ACWA Power.
SolarReserve Bids 24-Hour Solar At 6.3 Cents In Chile
In Chile’s last auction for power, SolarReserve bid a world record breaking low price at just 6.3 cents per kWh ($63/MWh) for dispatchable 24-hour solar.
DOE Recaps Solar Success Story, CSP Makes The Cut
The US Department of Energy has just cast a super-critical eye over its SunShot solar energy initiative in a suite of eight newly published reports, including on on concentrating solar power systems.
