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Novatec Solar’s Australian Fuel-Saver Commences Operation

Novatec’s solar boiler has commenced operations at the Liddell Power Station in New South Wales, Australia. The solar boiler acts as a fuel-saver by feeding steam into the existing coal fired power station and reducing the coal required to operate the facility. The Liddell Power Station is owned by Australian utility, Macquarie Generation. The 9.3MWth … Continue reading Novatec Solar’s Australian Fuel-Saver Commences Operation

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FCC inaugurates its first solar thermal power plant, in Palma del Río, Córdoba

The concentrating solar power plant will produce 100,000 MWh of electricity per year, meeting the needs of 26,000 people. It has taken FCC just over two years to complete the construction of its first solar thermal power plant in Spain. The Guzmán plant, in Palma del Río (Córdoba), was inaugurated this morning by Antonio Ávila, … Continue reading FCC inaugurates its first solar thermal power plant, in Palma del Río, Córdoba

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Concentrated Solar Power and Photovoltaic meet 5.1% of Spanish electricity demand in August

At 2.2% of demand, Spain’s CSP plants provide the largest contribution to demand by this technology anywhere in the world. Photovoltaic produced 841 GWh during the month, with Concentrating Solar Power supplying another 466 GWh, compared to 21.5 TWh of demand. Spain’s National Energy Commission (CNE) has released a report finding that the nation met … Continue reading Concentrated Solar Power and Photovoltaic meet 5.1% of Spanish electricity demand in August

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Interior Department Rolls Out New Solar Power Program

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar signed a record of decision establishing a brand new program for the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) that will provide a comprehensive framework for managing the solar resources found on the public lands in six southwestern states. This is a remarkable accomplishment as few Interior Secretaries have established original initiatives without … Continue reading Interior Department Rolls Out New Solar Power Program

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Obama Administration Approves Roadmap for Solar Power on Public Lands

Federal officials on Friday approved a plan that sets aside 285,000 acres of public land for the development of large-scale solar power plants, cementing a new government approach to renewable energy development in the West after years of delays and false starts. At a news conference in Las Vegas, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar called the … Continue reading Obama Administration Approves Roadmap for Solar Power on Public Lands

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Concentrated Solar Power in India

After experiencing the world’s largest blackout this past summer, India is urgently searching for ways to improve the stability of its electric grid. Hundreds of millions of people need affordable electricity in India, and businesses and other institutions are looking to the government to ensure reliable electricity in rapidly growing cities throughout the country. Released … Continue reading Concentrated Solar Power in India

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Micro combined heat and solar power plant installed at ArrowPharm (Malta)

A three-year, EU-funded research project, dubbed DIGESPO, an acronym for ‘Distributed CHP Generation from Small Size Concentrated Solar Power’, has just completed the installation of a pilot micro Combined Heat and Power (m-CHP) plant, based on innovative Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) and Stirling engine technology, in Malta. The solar power plant is designed and built … Continue reading Micro combined heat and solar power plant installed at ArrowPharm (Malta)

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World’s Largest Linear Fresnel Solar Power Station Commences Operation

Puerto Errado 2 (PE2), the 30MW solar thermal power station built by Novatec Solar using its proprietary solar field technology, has been completed and is in operation. PE2’s solar boiler includes a mirror surface of 302,000m2 making it the world’s largest operational solar thermal power station based on linear Fresnel collector technology. PE2’s 30MW electrical … Continue reading World’s Largest Linear Fresnel Solar Power Station Commences Operation

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Aries Ingeniería y Sistemas Awarded with the Ouarzazate concentrated solar power project

The consortium formed by Acwa Power International (Acwa Power), Aries Ingeniería y Sistemas (Aries) and TSK Energía y Plantas Industriales (TSK), has been preferred bidder with the first phase of the 500 MW solar project in Morocco. The Ouarzazate Phase 1 Project, a 160MW CSP plant to be built in the area of Ouarzazate, is … Continue reading Aries Ingeniería y Sistemas Awarded with the Ouarzazate concentrated solar power project

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New UVAC 6G receiver from Siemens boosts efficiency of solar thermal power plants

Until now, more than 500.000 receivers of the UVAC family have been successfully installed in power plants. Siemens announced at the SolarPACES conference in Marrakech the release of a new solar receiver, the UVAC 6G (Universal Vacuum Air Collector), which further increases thermal heat production for solar power plants. The improved heat generation of the … Continue reading New UVAC 6G receiver from Siemens boosts efficiency of solar thermal power plants

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University Teams Lead Innovative Concentrated Solar Power Projects

The projects focus on increasing the efficiency of concentrated solar power (CSP) systems  — which use large, expansive mirrors to reflect and concentrate sunlight onto receivers. In turn, these receivers collect the sunlight and convert it into heat that can be used to produce electricity. Research teams at the University of California, Los Angeles and … Continue reading University Teams Lead Innovative Concentrated Solar Power Projects

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DoE Announces New Investments to Accelerate Breakthroughs in Cost-Competitive Solar Energy

These investments will enable collaborative research teams from industry, universities, and national laboratories to work together at the Department’s Scientific User Facilities, a national network of unique facilities that provide over 10,000 scientists and engineers each year with open access to some of the best instruments and tools in the world, including x-ray sources, accelerators, … Continue reading DoE Announces New Investments to Accelerate Breakthroughs in Cost-Competitive Solar Energy

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DoE announces $10 million for Concentrated Solar Thermal Power

CSP technologies use mirrors to reflect and concentrate sunlight onto receivers that collect solar energy and convert it to heat that can be used to produce electricity. As part of the Energy Department’s SunShot Initiative, which aims to drive solar energy to be cost-competitive with other energy sources by 2020, Secretary Steven Chu announced new … Continue reading DoE announces $10 million for Concentrated Solar Thermal Power

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Himin Solar is the subcontractor for China’s first 1MWe Tower Plant

Himin Solar is the subcontractor for China’s first 1MWe Tower Plant, located in Yanqing, Beijing, developed by Institute of Electrical Engineering-CAS. Himin Solar is responsible for the development and manufacture of heliostats. This 1MWe tower project has just commissioned 2 weeks ago. Established on June 5, 1995, the Himin Solar Company Ltd. is now the … Continue reading Himin Solar is the subcontractor for China’s first 1MWe Tower Plant

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Spain has 72% of global concentrating solar thermal power

EVWIND Triples the U.S. and seven other countries with concentrated solar thermal power plants. The CSP is one of the few sectors where Spain is the undisputed world leader, as the whole of concentrated solar thermal power plants accounted for 72.85% of total installed capacity in the world. Also, solar thermal technology developed by our … Continue reading Spain has 72% of global concentrating solar thermal power

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AKO has completed the start-up of its AKOTRACE® in the Astexol-2 Solar Thermal Power Plant

EVWIND AKO has begun an association with Nicsa, an Abengoa company that provides technological and resource solutions in a wide range of energy generation sectors. This affiliation puts both companies in a position to offer turnkey EHT solutions to concentrated solar power (CSP) plants, gas natural licuado (GNL; i.e., liquified natural gas) tanks, combined cycles … Continue reading AKO has completed the start-up of its AKOTRACE® in the Astexol-2 Solar Thermal Power Plant

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After energy efficiency, Bill Clinton said solar power is the next clear opportunity

EVWIND After energy efficiency, Clinton said solar is the next clear opportunity. Solyndra failed because the Chinese came in with billions in subsidies and even bankrupted some of its own domestic solar firms, said Clinton. Clinton also sang the praise of waste to energy technology, saying he wanted more waste to energy technologies to be … Continue reading After energy efficiency, Bill Clinton said solar power is the next clear opportunity

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Andalusia launches over 500 new MW of concentrating solar thermal power

Andalusia has been launched in the last year 517 MW of concentrated solar thermal power, for a total of 847.7 MW installed, which has exceeded the target in the Andalusian Energy Sustainability Plan, which reflected a target to 2013 of 800 MW. Andalusia has been launched in the last twelve months over 517 MW of … Continue reading Andalusia launches over 500 new MW of concentrating solar thermal power

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Solar Energy Africa: Focus on Concentrated Solar Power

Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) on its own is probably the most promising of large-scale renewable energy technologies in South Africa, says Kadri Nassiep, CEO of the South African National Energy Development Institute (SANEDI). Mr Nassiep is a headline speaker at the upcoming Solar Energy Africa as part of the Clean Power Africa conference and exhibition … Continue reading Solar Energy Africa: Focus on Concentrated Solar Power

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China increases solar power targets to 21 GW by 2015

China’s National Energy Administration (NEA) confirms it has raised the country’s 2015 target for installed solar energy capacity (photovoltaic and concentrating solar power) by 40% to 21GW. China, the world’s largest exporter of photovoltaic products and home to firms such as Suntech Power and LDK Solar, in August 2011 standardised tariffs for energy fed into … Continue reading China increases solar power targets to 21 GW by 2015

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