FEB 2024 https://www.solarpaces.org/doe-has-announced-new-funding-to-advance-large-scale-csp/ JAN 2024 Apply by March 6 Topic Areas SIPS Topic Area 1: CSP (7-12 projects, $400,000 each) This topic area will support small, focused projects investigating the...
thermal energy storage
![Three Gorges’ new Chinese CSP project tries a double solar field](https://www.solarpaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Three-Gorges-Dual-tower-new-CSP-project-.jpg)
Three Gorges’ new Chinese CSP project tries a double solar field
One of the new CSP projects Three Gorges Renewables is building is a novel dual-tower design at Guazhou, in Gansu Province
![Saudi CSP giant ACWA Power now shelving coal power](https://www.solarpaces.org/wp-content/uploads/Bokpoort-CSP-o.jpeg)
Saudi CSP giant ACWA Power now shelving coal power
[ED: ACWA Power's CSP projects, developed in whole or in part include Bokpoort and Redstone in South Africa, parts of DEWA in Dubai and NOOR I,II and III in Morocco. It has consistently broken current CSP prices with new record low prices, and broken week-long...
![Published at Chemical Engineering – Calcium-based composites directly irradiated by solar spectrum for thermochemical energy storage](https://www.solarpaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/1618x744.png)
Published at Chemical Engineering – Calcium-based composites directly irradiated by solar spectrum for thermochemical energy storage
Abstract The optical absorptance of calcium-based composites used in direct solar-driven calcium-looping thermochemical energy storage systems should be improved. Experimental data obtained by thermogravimetric analyzer (TGA) cannot adequately describe the realistic...
![China’s solar increased 33.7% in the 1st quarter of 2023, while coal increased 1.8%](https://www.solarpaces.org/wp-content/uploads/China-solar-coal.png)
China’s solar increased 33.7% in the 1st quarter of 2023, while coal increased 1.8%
China's solar increased by 33.7 % in the first quarter, while coal power increased at 1.8%. Solar now has a cumulative 430 GW online, almost half of China's cumulative total of coal power plants; 1,130 GW. The latest quarterly report by the China Electricity Council...
![Chile’s 2023 auction will incentivize dispatchable CSP](https://www.solarpaces.org/wp-content/uploads/Cerro-dominador-Tower-CSP-in-Chile.jpg)
Chile’s 2023 auction will incentivize dispatchable CSP
Major changes for Chile's next auction include incentives for energy storage and non-variable renewables like CSP, a splitting of the auction into three geographic zones (north, central, south), an increase in contract length to 20 years, and the possibility of...
![Published at Solar Energy – Black coating of quartz sand towards low-cost solar-absorbing and thermal energy storage material for concentrating solar power](https://www.solarpaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Black-coating-sand-thermal-storage-copy.png)
Published at Solar Energy – Black coating of quartz sand towards low-cost solar-absorbing and thermal energy storage material for concentrating solar power
Abstract: Solid particles-based direct solar absorbing heat transfer fluid (HTF) and thermal energy storage (TES) material is gaining increasing interest for high-temperature concentrating solar power (CSP). However, there is no particulate material that...
![Rocks: The Unexpected Powerhouse of Sustainable Solar Energy Storage](https://www.solarpaces.org/wp-content/uploads/granite-and-soapstone-tested-for-thermal-storage-1.png)
Rocks: The Unexpected Powerhouse of Sustainable Solar Energy Storage
Source: Sci Tech Daily The future of sustainable energy storage might be found in commonplace materials such as rocks, specifically soapstone and granite, in combination with solar power, according to a study published in ACS Omega. The next generation of sustainable...
![Published at the Journal of Energy Storage – A synthesis parameter of molten salt nanofluids for solar thermal energy storage applications](https://www.solarpaces.org/wp-content/uploads/Thermal-energy-storage-480.png)
Published at the Journal of Energy Storage – A synthesis parameter of molten salt nanofluids for solar thermal energy storage applications
Abstract: Nanoparticle dispersions at a minute concentration in salt mixtures have recently been reported to significantly increase their specific heat capacity. However, there is a discrepancy between experimental results reported for the same kind of molten...
![Spain now needs CSP for grid stability – study](https://www.solarpaces.org/wp-content/uploads/Solar-field-of-heliostats-at-Cerro-Dominador-in-Chile-1.jpg)
Spain now needs CSP for grid stability – study
Despite a renewable capacity of 2.6 times peak demand, Spain's intermittent renewables do not provide grid needs for operating reserves and frequency stability, so they have not displaced conventional fossil technologies Source: EVWind Each MW of solar thermal power...
![Thermochemical energy storage to deliver Gen3 solar 365 days/yr](https://www.solarpaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/400x237.png)
Thermochemical energy storage to deliver Gen3 solar 365 days/yr
Solar even under grey skies 365 days a year: Typically, simplicity equals low costs. But the creators of a multi-technology thermochemical energy storage system for Gen3 concentrating solar power (CSP) claim that their complex design would bring costs down by enabling...
![Heat-recovery for a solar reactor is tested at ETH Zürich](https://www.solarpaces.org/wp-content/uploads/Solar-reactor-with-heat-recovery-at-ETH-Zurich-e1691521083716.jpg)
Heat-recovery for a solar reactor is tested at ETH Zürich
Heat-recovery ideas for solar reactors existed as theories “but not to actually go to the lab, build a device and try to make it work.”
![Cascaded thermocline storage with metal wool gets test: HYBRIDplus](https://www.solarpaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/500x363.png)
Cascaded thermocline storage with metal wool gets test: HYBRIDplus
Three years ago, Abengoa thermal energy storage engineer Cristina Prieto exchanged the relatively secretive world of commercial CSP for academia. Now, as the professor for a newly created thermal energy storage discipline at the School of Engineering at the University...
![China prioritizes CSP connection and dispatch in new rule](https://www.solarpaces.org/wp-content/uploads/China-prioritizes-CSP-in-new-rule-1.jpg)
China prioritizes CSP connection and dispatch in new rule
"The power grid company is requested to give priority support to the grid connection and dispatching of the base projects equipped with solar thermal power" says a new government planning document. Source: CSPPlaza China National Energy Administration issued the...
![Vast Solar’s fix for tank leaks that stymied the first Tower CSP](https://www.solarpaces.org/wp-content/uploads/buckling-from-temperature-differential.png)
Vast Solar’s fix for tank leaks that stymied the first Tower CSP
Tower CSP thermal storage initially had a tank leak problem. Vast Solar says they have the solution
![CSIRO’s Renewable Energy Storage Roadmap: CSP lowest cost](https://www.solarpaces.org/wp-content/uploads/CSIRO-Energy-Storage-Roadmap-1.png)
CSIRO’s Renewable Energy Storage Roadmap: CSP lowest cost
The CSIRO Renewable Energy Storage Roadmap identifies Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) as the lowest cost technology for long-duration renewable energy storage, among the storage technologies required to reach net zero in Australia. The CSIRO Renewable Energy Storage...
![Published at Applied Energy – High-temperature heat recovery from a solar reactor for the thermochemical redox splitting of H2O and CO2](https://www.solarpaces.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/High-temperature-heat-recovery-from-a-solar-reactor-for-the-thermochemical-redox-splitting-of-H2O-and-CO2-1.png)
Published at Applied Energy – High-temperature heat recovery from a solar reactor for the thermochemical redox splitting of H2O and CO2
Abstract: The solar splitting of H2O and CO2 via a thermochemical redox cycle offers a viable pathway for producing sustainable drop-in fuels for the transportation sectors. The key performance metric is its solar-to-fuel energy efficiency, which is strongly dependent...
![Successful PROMES-CNRS thermocline test of latent/sensible heat storage](https://www.solarpaces.org/wp-content/uploads/PROMES-CNRS-thermocline-test.png)
Successful PROMES-CNRS thermocline test of latent/sensible heat storage
A solar thermal energy storage breakthrough – single tank thermal energy storage avoiding thermocline thickening has been tested successfully
![DOE allots $1.6 billion to decarbonize coal country](https://www.solarpaces.org/wp-content/uploads/Impacted-regions-by-coal-phaseout.png)
DOE allots $1.6 billion to decarbonize coal country
"Today, Treasury and IRS, in partnership with DOE, announced the intent to release approximately $4 billion in a first round of tax credits for projects that expand U.S. supply chains for clean energy technologies and critical materials for clean energy technology...
![Published at Journal of Energy Storage – Self-assembly CuO surface decorated with NiAl2O4 for high-temperature thermochemical energy storage: Excellent performance and strong interaction mechanism](https://www.solarpaces.org/wp-content/uploads/Self-assembly-CuO-surface-decorated-with-NiAl2O4-for-high-temperature-thermochemical-energy-storage-Excellent-performance-and-strong-interaction-mechanism.png)
Published at Journal of Energy Storage – Self-assembly CuO surface decorated with NiAl2O4 for high-temperature thermochemical energy storage: Excellent performance and strong interaction mechanism
Abstract: High-temperature thermochemical energy storage materials with high energy density is the key technical support for the third generation concentrated solar power plants equipped with advanced energy storage system. CuO/Cu2O redox couple is one of the most...
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