The Solar Energy Whack-A-Mole Continues, & Coal Power Plants Keep Closing
Solar energy innovators are still hard at work in the US, as demonstrated by a new concentrating solar power project in California.
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Energy Efficient Data Centers Are Coming For Your Fossil Fuels
New underground, long duration thermal energy storage systems can help manage skyrocketing energy demand from of data centers in the US.
Solarflux CEO Naoise Irwin Talks About CASPER & CSP FOCUS Features
I’ve written about Solarflux, its FOCUS parabolic dish, and its new tool, CASPER, which is a concentrating solar power (CSP) performance comparison tool. I’ve also had the pleasure of sitting down with Solarflux CEO Naoise Irwin and CTO John Fangman, who invented the FOCUS dish. This is the second part … [continued]
World’s Longest-Operating Solar Thermal Facility is Retiring Most of its Capacity
The Solar Energy Generating Systems (SEGS) facility in California’s Mojave Desert retired five of its solar plants (SEGS 3 through 7) in July 2021 and plans to retire a sixth (SEGS 8) in September 2021, based on information submitted to EIA and published in our Preliminary Electric Generator Inventory. After … [continued]
Meet CASPER, The Friendly Online Tool That Compares CSP Tech Performance
Solarflux has created an online tool called CASPER, which stands for CSP Performance Comparison. CSP Technology is in reference to Concentrating Solar Power, which focuses heat from sunlight to create steam to drive a turbine that generates electrical power. It is completely different from solar PV. CASPER is a web-based … [continued]
100MW Concentrating Solar Power Plant Commissioned In Spain
Local and state government leaders joined Abengoa executives in commissioning the Castilla-La Mancha Solar Complex, which created more than 1,700 local jobs and sets the stage for clean energy output that will prevent more than 60,000 tons of CO2 emissions per year.
