Jul 28, 2015
GlassPoint Solar’s massive 1.0 GW Miraah CSP plant in Oman establishes solar thermal as a key asset for enhanced oil recovery as operators continue to optimise production in a low oil price environment.
Jul 16, 2015
We caught up with ACWA Power’s President and CEO, Paddy Padmanathan, the CEO of SolarReserve, Kevin Smith, and the President of Estela, Luis Crespo to discuss the road to cost reduction and bid success.
Jul 10, 2015
Israel’s Ashalim projects are set to dominate the country’s CSP landscape as the State’s land allocations and energy market regulation hold back other development, Oren Gadot, CEO of CSP developer Heliofocus, said.
Jul 9, 2015
Concentrated Solar Power has the potential to produce 10% of South Africa’s electricity requirements but grid connections need to be improved in key solar Provinces like the Northern Cape, Nandu Bhula, CEO of ACWA Power Solafrica Bokpoort, said.
Jun 26, 2015
In a rare joint venture, US developer BrightSource is facilitating utility-scale CSP in China, a huge market which has been consulting the US on long-term renewable policy.
Jun 19, 2015
The growing use of renewable energy yieldcos supports the case for CSP projects as these dividend growth-oriented public firms depend on assets that provide a high capacity factor.
Jun 5, 2015
The development of scalable storage-only technology, using electricity to heat molten salts, would help reduce costs for CSP projects, Justin Raade, CEO of energy storage systems supplier Halotechnics, said.
Jun 5, 2015
The development of scalable storage-only technology, using electricity to heat molten salts, would help reduce costs for CSP projects, Justin Raade, CEO of energy storage systems sup-plier Halotechnics, said.
May 28, 2015
Lebanese engineering firm Phoenix Energy has developed a dish Stirling CSP system for off-grid use but its mass production is being held back by the lack of competitively priced 1-5 kW Stirling engines, Dany Kaddoum, project manager at Phoenix Energy, said.
May 22, 2015
New operational data from utility scale solar towers will provide firms with a clearer Levelized Cost of Energy to compare against the risks of the relatively new technology.
May 12, 2015
Start-up Nexus Renewables is developing a linear parabolic reflector and thermal storage system which reduces land use by a third compared with other trough plants, Kevin Friesth, company CEO, said.
May 11, 2015
CSP suppliers and developers will need to focus on local content and local presence, in addition to component cost reductions, to be successful in the growing Middle East and North Africa (MENA) market, Jeroen van Schijndel, Chief Sales & Marketing Officer at Rioglass, told CSP Today.
May 7, 2015
CSP Today and PV Insider are proud to annoucne the finalists of the first ever MENASOL Awards to be held in Dubai on the 13th May 2015. The awards will be presented at the Gala Dinner following the networking drinks of the award winning 7th annual Menasol conference.
May 7, 2015
Svante Bundgaard, CEO of Aalborg CSP, will be one of the key speakers at the award-winning MENASOL 2015 conference.
May 1, 2015
SolarReserve has seen no bird deaths at its 110 MW Crescent Dunes CSP project in Nevada since it changed the standby algorithm on the plant, Kevin Smith, CEO of SolarReserve, told CSP today.
