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 2013/05/10Researchers from the US NREL have calibrated the significant value that concentrating solar power (CSP) plants can add to an electric grid. |
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 2013/05/06Under the constraints of the study, NREL found CSP to have a total value between USD 0.097 and USD 0.135 per KWh. |
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2013/05/02 On April 23rd, 2013 the US DOE opened a new USD 20 million funding opportunity for thermochemical energy storage (TCES) systems as a component of concentrating solar power (CSP) technology. |
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2013/04/28 DOE seeks designs that can validate a cost of less than USD 15 per kWh-thermal and operate at temperatures higher than 650 degrees Celsius. |
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 2013/04/11The workshop presented an important opportunity for the five countries to discuss ways to deepen their effective use of CSP as a means to transform their national and regional energy paths. |
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 2013/04/11Solar power is a great idea, but it is no good at night or when the sun does not shine – right? Wrong! |
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 2013/04/07Shams 1 Concentrating Solar Power features a dry-cooling system that significantly reduces water consumption - a critical advantage in the arid desert. |
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2013/03/31 The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) has welcomed the activation of the world’s largest operational Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) facility to date. |
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 2013/03/14Concentrating solar power with storage is coming soon. |
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2013/03/05 The modern age of CSP can arguably be traced back to the 354 MW Solar Energy Generating Systems (SEGS) in the Mojave desert, which now make up the oldest operating plant in the world, as well as one of the largest. |
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 2013/03/01The Ministry of Energy kickstarts CSP industry in Chile this week with the bidding presentations for the construction of the first CSP plant in Latin America. |
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 2013/02/15The company chaired by Florentino Perez has reached an agreement with General Electric to acquire two U.S. giant solar thermal Castilla-La Mancha in which the builder has invested 500 million. |
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 2013/02/13The report offers solar energy (PV and Concentrating Solar Power) project details for each market along with country-specific demand forecasts to 2017. |
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 2013/02/13The evidence is piling up that when the real value of energy is considered, electricity generated from concentrating solar power (CSP) plants with storage capability outperforms photovoltaic (PV) and wind power. |
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 2013/02/08California’s lawmakers have agreed that a third of the state’s energy must come from renewable sources by 2020. |
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 2013/02/03In the power plant, steam for generating power is produced directly in receiver tubes in the parabolic troughs. |
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 2013/01/31The Moroccan Agency for Solar Energy (Masen) has announced on January, 23 the prequalification process for the second phase of the Ouarzazate CSP complex has kicked off. |
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2013/01/29 Recent news that tender for Phase II of the Ouarzazate site in southern Morocco will open at the end of 2013 emphasises the role that concentrated solar power is playing in the country. |
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 2013/01/27This Global Atlas is the largest initiative of its kind to date, and is intended to help countries and corporations to determine the potential for renewable resources worldwide. |
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2013/01/24 The project is part of the nation’s ambition to generate 2 gigawatts of electricity from solar power by 2020, requiring investment of as much as $9 billion |
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