Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) is the form of solar that can store the sun’s energy thermally for on-demand electricity generation. CSP is clean energy, like solar PV or wind, but the back end or the power block works like any thermal energy power station (coal, natural gas, and nuclear power plants are thermal energy power stations). The difference is that instead of digging up a finite fuel from the earth, CSP harvests sunlight to make thermal energy.
Originally published on Green Building Elements. Sweltering in the hot desert sun, Masdar City sits under a global microscope at the nexus of rising clean technology and the development of sustainable urban life in the glaring light of climate change. Conceived on a zero-moisture stretch of barren desert sand in … [continued]
The solar energy plans of Masdar City have evolved as its parent company pivots to utility scale investment — that’s a good thing, right?
Having dominated the 20th century with its oil reserves, Abu Dhabi is set to lead the 21st century in three other critical resources.
For the second year in a row, the Shams 1 concentrating solar power plant in Abu Dhabi has proved that CSP can survive — and thrive — in harsh conditions.
With an installed generation capacity of 100 MW, the Shams 1 concentrated solar power (CSP) project is one of the largest solar power projects in the world. However, several aspects, apart from its size, make the power project unique and a technological benchmark in the solar thermal power sector. The … [continued]
The emirate of Dubai is finishing the drafting of regulations for rooftop solar power, and is also considering the construction of utility-scale solar.
Originally published on Solar Love. On my recent (second) trip to Shams 1, the world’s largest single-unit concentrated solar power (CSP) plant, I took the opportunity to ask CSP experts Abdulaziz Al Obaidli and Yousif Al Ali some questions regarding CSP research and trends. I also had Abdulaziz Al Obaidli provide a short … [continued]
I got the chance today to visit (for the second time) Abu Dhabi’s Shams 1 concentrating solar power (CSP) plant, the largest single-unit CSP plant in the world. I’ll run through an overview of this CSP plant again, and then will also add some other details I gathered at the … [continued]
The world’s largest concentrating solar power (CSP) plant was launched today, an announcement I received on email a few minutes ago tells me. As regular CleanTechnica readers will remember, we’ve covered this 100 MW CSP Plant — Shams 1 — a few times, and Marika Krakowiak and I even got … [continued]
