Solar Thermal Electric

Leading CSP companies form advocacy alliance to bolster US market

Thursday, 08 March 2012 REM Three of the world's leading concentrating solar power companies -- Abengoa, BrightSource Energy and Torresol Energy -- have formed an alliance to advocate for the technology to US regulators, utilities ...

India

Feeding the Indian CSP supply chain proves a challenge

Friday, 02 March 2012 REM CSP Today explore the difficulties that the Indian CSP industry have faced in treading the fine line between reliance on foreign expertise and building a local manufacturing base, as solar power ramps ...

Spanish moratorium a concern as solar thermal electricity takes off worldwide

Tuesday, 21 February 2012 Toby Price Back in January, the European solar Thermal Energy Association (ESTELA) revealed the results of a study which estimated that solar thermal electricity will cost 50% less to produce in 15 years’ time. ...

Why solar chimneys could be the way forward

Friday, 17 February 2012 REM With the on-going decrease of fossil fuel resources and increasing worldwide pollution, there is a growing need for more environmentally friendly renewable energy sources. Johannes Pretorius, inventor ...

solar industry calls on Spain to continue support for renewable energies

Thursday, 16 February 2012 Toby Price During the third solar Thermal Electricity Industry Forum in Cologne (Germany) this week, organisers, the European solar Thermal Electricity Association (ESTELA), called on Spain to halt its moratorium ...

New analysis suggests CSP could be enabler for spread of other renewables

Wednesday, 15 February 2012 REM A new analysis by the US Department of Energy's (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has found that CSP, with its greater grid flexibility and ability to store energy for as long as 15 hours, ...

Spain

AORA unveils Europe’s first hybrid micro CSP demonstration project

Monday, 13 February 2012 REM Israel’s AORA solar has launched a demonstration – its first in Europe – of its “Tulip System” hybrid micro CSP technology. The demonstration is located at just outside the southern Spanish city ...

solarreserve reaches construction milestone, completing tower for groundbreaking project

Friday, 10 February 2012 REM solarReserve, a US developer of large-scale solar power projects, has completed construction of the 540-foot solar power tower for its 110 MW Crescent Dunes solar Energy Plant located near Tonopah, Nev. ...

CSP technology market will revive in 2012, compete with PV soon, report says

Tuesday, 07 February 2012 REM

The Concentrating solar Power (CSP) market will begin rise again in 2012 and its growth will be steady and certain over the next five years, according to new research from SBI Energy.

South Africa

CSP market more attractive than ever

Monday, 06 February 2012 REM The recent increase in South Africa’s power tariffs in, together with greater policy and regulatory certainty has made the country a more attractive renewable energy investment prospect than ever, reports ...