News

		The future of Concentrated Solar Power is the individual customized solution
		2012/05/20 CSP Today speaks to Dr. Joachim Kruger, CEO and Founder of Solarlite, about the future of Concentrating Solar Power and how to increase competitiviness.

		Rajasthan’s solar energy programme postponed
		2012/05/20 The programme was to enable the setting up of several solar photovoltaic projects for 100 MW, and two concentrated solar power projects of 50 MW each.

		AORA's tulips: Concentrating Solar Thermal Power in bloom
		2012/05/20 AORA's plants use considerably smaller amounts of water compared to Concentrating Solar Power steam plants.

		World Concentrating Solar Power Asia Forum, Beijing
		2012/05/20 A platform for addressing key challenges and strategies faced by the concentrated solar thermal power industry. It is geared toward decision makers from the solar energy across the region.

		AfDB Approves Loan for Morocco Concentrated Solar Power
		2012/05/20 The first approval is an AfDB loan of Euro 168 million and USD 100 million Clean Technology Fund concessionary loan to finance the first phase of the Ouarzazate concentrating solar thermal power station in Morocco.

		ABB and Novatec promise a revolution in Concentrating Solar Power
		2012/05/20 ABB has launched what it is calling a new concept for turnkey concentrating solar power plants based on a 'low-cost, efficient and highly scalable technology that uses considerably less material, land and water.

		Areva Solar Concentrating Solar Power in MENA
		2012/05/20 AREVA’s CLFR high-pressure, superheated solar steam generators (SSGs) Areva Solar executives will discuss MENA’s concentrated solar power (CSP) outlook and the company’s CSP.

		Dow Heat Transfer Fluids Continue Innovation in Concentrated Solar Power
		2012/05/20 Concentrating Solar Power uses parabolic mirrors to reflect and magnify heat from the sun onto a closed circulating loop containing DOWTHERM™ A heat transfer fluid.

		BrightSource Energy Argues for a New Way to Value Solar Power Plants
		2012/05/20 How do you accurately assess and effectively manage the costs of integrating the new kind of variability from renewables like wind and solar into transmission systems?

		SolarReserve Concentrating Solar Power
		2012/05/20 SolarReserve can operate potentially 24 hours a day, because its concentrated solar power technology can bank the sun's energy stored as heat.

		Breakthrough Solar Technology a Game Changer
		2012/05/20 SHEC Energy’s proprietary Concentrated Solar Power system introduces new technology that dramatically lowers the cost of the solar field and significantly increases the efficiency of solar thermal energy storage.

		Eskom Completes Project Financing for Upington Concentrating Solar Thermal Power Plant
		2012/05/20 The deal report analyses Eskom Holdings Limited’s project financing of $365m secured from the World Bank and African Development Bank.

		Concentrating Solar Power industry set to see $8.6 billion revenue
		2012/05/20 A recent forecast has estimated the concentrated solar thermal power industry is set to go from strength to strength with estimated $8.6 billion revenue by 2020.

		eSolar Partners With Sanmina-SCI to Design Concentrated Solar Power Components
		2012/05/20 eSolar, the provider of concentrating solar power (CSP) plant technology, and Sanmina-SCI, will work to optimize eSolar's solar collector system.

		Solar energy in India: Progress under Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission
		2012/05/20 Since launch of the JNNSM, the capacity of solar power projects has grown from 8 MW in January 2010 to over 979 MW in the country (photovoltaic and concentrated solar power).

		Making the case for 1,000 MW hybrid concentrated solar power project in Oman
		2012/05/20 The head of one of Oman’s largest electricity distribution companies has mooted the idea of a large-scale concentrating solar thermal power hybrid project.

		Concentrating Solar Power in Egypt
		2012/05/20 The Egyptian Academy of Scientific Research and Technology has announced the launch of a pilot Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) project to test units that can simultaneously produce electricity and desalinate water.

		Concentrating Solar Thermal Power to Repower Port Augusta
		2012/05/20 The group said its purpose was to raise awareness and build broad support in the community for concentrated solar power to replace the ageing coal-fired power stations in Port Augusta.

		HelioFocus demonstrates concentrating solar thermal power system
		2012/05/20 HelioFocus signed an agreement with Sanhua to begin construction in 2013 on a 10-megawatt concentrated solar power facility in Inner Mongolia, for the Chinese energy company TaiQing.

		The first concentrated solar power in Ouarzazate (Morocco) will be approved shortly
		2012/05/20 Morocco is now preparing to launch the concentrating solar thermal power, with a CSP plant in Ouarzazate, to which aspire Abengoa and ACS, among others.