HORIZON-STE Project: Policy recommendations for relaunching CSP/STE in Europe

The Moroccan Agency for Solar Energy (MASEN) has shortlisted 5 consortia to bid for the phase 1 of the 800 MW Noor Midelt solar power complex. Noor Midelt is the first complex that specifies hybrid plants including both CSP and PV. Total capacity is expected to reach...

Brussels, 23 May 2017 – The retroactive measures taken against STE[1] plants by the Spanish government in 2012 - 2013 and consolidated in 2014 resulting in a massive change of the remuneration scheme for RES[2] power plants have now been unanimously condemned by ICSID, the...

Given Germany’s low DNI, it might seem improbable that thermal solar would be a key component of its low-carbon grid planning under its Energiewende (energy transition), but several papers published in 2016 found that Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) with Thermal Energy Storage (CSP-TES) will be an...

Ouarzazate, 07/03/17 Morocco’s Noor-Ouarzazate Solar complex hosts the launch of the World Bank Middle East & North Africa Concentrated Solar Power Knowledge & Innovation Program More than 100 senior energy officials from 7 MENA countries have gathered in Ouarzazate, Morocco for the first session of the...

Brussels,15th February, 2017 – ESTELA, the European Association for Solar Thermal Electricity, welcomes the technical report “Concentrating Solar Power Gen3 Demonstration Roadmap” released in January 2017 by NREL[1] in the context of the SunShot Initiative – a program launched in 2011 in the U.S. aiming...

A Renewable Energy Target which rewards all generated MWhs equally has driven the successful uptake of the cheapest technologies for creating MWhs – what a surprise! Building large LNG export plants connected to the East Coast gas system has pulled gas prices up to world...

As one of China 1st Phase 20 pilot CSP projects (7 parabolic trough), Royal Tech Yumen 50MW CSP Parabolic Trough Project (details as below) is calling for steam turbine and generators, for which the biddings will be open this Feb.28 and Mar.4 respectively. 3 biddings under...