News - cost

		Cost reduction remains the main route to success for Concentrating Solar Power
		2013/04/11 CSP installations in the United States are forecast to set new records in 2013, with total capacity increasing by a staggering 120%, to 1889.66MW.

		CSP cost and feasibility considered in MENA webinar
		2013/03/06 A recent CSP Today webinar on the prospects for the concentrated solar thermal power industry in the Middle East and North Africa is now available for viewing.

		Renewable power costs continue to fall
		2012/11/22 Concentrating solar power, in which mirrors focus light over a large area into a central generator, has seen costs drop to as little as USD 0.14/kWh.

		New Database from NREL Makes Costs of Energy Technologies More Transparent
		2012/08/07 A new web application collects cost and performance estimates for electric generation, advanced vehicles, and renewable fuel technologies.

		Renewable energy costs falling
		2012/06/24 The analysis covers solar energy photovoltaics (PV), concentrating solar power (CSP), wind power, hydropower and biomass for power generation.

		How CSP will travel down the cost curve
		2012/06/21 The biggest challenge for concentrating solar power (CSP) technologies is getting down the cost curve. But as with wind energy and photovoltaic solar energy that went before it, it’s a classic chicken and egg situation.

		Time for solar courage
		2012/06/07 The US Department of Energy (DoE) has a target for cost of electricity from Concentrating Solar Power of 6c/kWh.

		Torresol Energy Launches Twin Concentrating Solar Thermal Power Plants in Spain
		2012/01/22 The Gemasolar Concentrated Solar Power facility represented a significant breakthrough in the global solar industry and an important new field of cooperation between Spain and the UAE.

		The value of Concentrating Solar Power with storage in electricity markets
		2012/01/21 CSP may be deployed along with other renewable technologies such as wind power and solar PV which may contribute to increasing the reliability of supply in the absence of good grid connections.

		Concentrating Solar Power: Cost reduction potential
		2012/01/20 Incorporation of solar thermal energy storage and/or auxiliary firing has an impact on the value of Concentrated Solar Power generation in electricity markets.

		Concentrated Solar Power: its potential contribution to a sustainable energy future
		2012/01/02 Concentrated solar thermal power (CSP) sits alongside photovoltaic solar energy electricity generation as a commercially available renewable energy technology capable of harnessing the immense solar resource.

		Solar thermal parabolic trough economics
		2011/09/12 CSP Today has just published a comprehensive report entitled “CSP Parabolic Trough Report—Costs and Performance”.