News - concentrated solar energy

		DOE opens new funding opportunity for Concentrating Solar Power energy storage
		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.

		Concentrating Solar Power in India: domestic content requirement
		2013/04/27 The Government had introduced domestic content requirement (DCR) for solar thermal power projects allotted under phase-I of the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM) ending 31st March, 2013

		The Shams 1 Solar Energy Center
		2013/04/26 These 258,000 mirrors comprise the core of the largest operational concentrating solar power (CSP) plant in the world, providing heat for 100 MW of solar generation, coupled with 50 MW of natural gas generation.

		Abengoa reports that the Spanish government has caused damage of 5,000 million euros to the CSP
		2013/04/25 Sanchez Ortega also defended its solar thermal technology attracting R & D investment and be prepared in case of Abengoa, to operate without subsidies from 2020.

		BrightSource Energy Helps Build Unique Concentrated Solar Power Plant
		2013/04/24 ISEGS is a 392 megawatt concentrating solar power (CSP) complex using more than 300,000 garage-door-size mirrors to focus the power of the sun on solar receivers atop power towers.

		Concentrating Solar Power in Turkey
		2013/04/23 For the past seven years, Serdar Erturan has focused on the concentrated solar power (CSP) system that can only be found in the United States, Spain and Israel.

		Developing a CSP strategy for the Middle East and North Africa
		2013/04/22 For the concentrated solar power industry, the MENA region represents a key pocket of opportunity. But understanding and explaining the CSP proposition is also a challenge that needs to be tackled.

		NREL Launches Initiative to Build Solar Performance Database
		2013/04/22 The NREL has released a report into the performance of concentrated solar power (CSP) with thermal energy storage, studying its advantages over photovoltaics in California.

		Turkey's first concentrated solar power built in southern city
		2013/04/21 The first local concentrating solar power tower plant built in Turkish southern province of Mersin has a 5 MW of thermal power capacity.

		Hat-trick 2030: An integrated climate and energy framework
		2013/04/20 The EU renewables sector directly and indirectly employs more than 1.1 million people constituting 0.7% of the total EU workforce, an increase of 25% on the 2009 figure.

		New technology opens Europe up to Middle East concentrating solar power
		2013/04/19 The world’s largest concentrated solar power plant opened in March in the middle of Abu Dhabi’s western region, amid the country’s giant oil fields.

		The sun will not shine automatically on Libya’s solar power plans
		2013/04/18 The recent renewable energies’ workshop held by UK Trade & Industry in Tripoli was an opportunity to understand Libya’s plans for increasing the quantity of electricity generated using new technologies by 2020.

		CSP and mining in Chile
		2013/04/17 With a mining industry that produces 35% of the world´s copper, it is imperative for Chile´s economic growth to produce energy from a source that is secure, dispatchable and unlimited.

		Solar power will get cheaper
		2013/04/16 If Mr Gleason digs a bit deeper, he will also discover CSP, which can in fact act largely independently of natural conditions and deliver stable power to the national grid.

		Libya unveils project to supply solar energy to Europe
		2013/04/16 The idea of a Libyan renewable sector is not new. However, Libya’s traditional reliance on hydrocarbons has intensified due to damaged equipment in the war in 2011.

		Wave of CSP activity across the MENA region
		2013/04/15 While attention has focused heavily on the Saudi Arabian solar opportunity, it should not be forgotten that there are a number of pipelines now opening for CSP companies in the Middle East.

		Research Uses Mirrors to Make Solar Energy Cost Competitive
		2013/04/15 Pitchumani was invited to direct the Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) program for the SunShot Initiative towards its ambitious goals.

		Saudi Arabia hopes to export solar electricity to Europe
		2013/04/14 Saudi Arabia hopes to export solar electricity to Europe in winter, when cooler temperatures reduce the need for air conditioning in the kingdom.

		Bharat Heavy Electricals to launch solar turbine
		2013/04/14 The Hyderabad unit of Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd is set to commercially launch a solar power driven steam turbine for the solar energy sector.

		A Solar Booster Shot for Natural Gas Power Plants
		2013/04/13 PNNL’s concentrating solar power system reduces greenhouse emissions - at a price that’s competitive with fossil fuel power.