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Abengoa bags 110MW Chilean solar thermal power tender
2014-01-13 01:00:00| Power Technology
Spanish company Abengoa has won contract to develop a 110MW solar-thermal power plant using tower technology with 17.5 hours of thermal energy storage using molten salts in the Atacama Desert, in northern Chile.
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Worlds biggest solar thermal power plant fired up in California
2013-09-25 19:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: The 3,500-acre Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System is a startling sight in the Mojave Desert. Three sprawling units each contain a circular array of mirrors reflecting rays from the sun toward a 459-foot central tower. Water in the tower is heated by the rays to produce steam, which spins turbines and - voila - electricity is produced. It all seems a bit magical, but as of Tuesday, the world`s largest solar thermal power plant began feeding energy into a power grid for the first time. How...
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California Plant To Double U.S. Solar Thermal Power Production
2013-08-14 20:35:22| ENR.com: Headline News
The 377-MW Ivanpah Solar Power Facility is poised to become the worlds largest solar thermal power plant.
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U.S. Company Shelves Solar Thermal Plant as Utility Cancels Contract
2013-04-04 19:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yale Environment 360: U.S.-based BrightSource Energy has shelved its second major solar thermal project this year as the company and Pacific Gas and Electric terminated the utilitys contract to buy power generated by the plant in south-central California. In an email, a BrightSource spokesman said the $2.9 billion Hidden Hills project, which would have been built in Inyo County near the Nevada border, was suspended due to uncertainty around the timing of transmission upgrades, Bloomberg News reports, although regulators'...
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Concentrated solar power with thermal energy storage can help utilities' bottom line, study shows
2013-01-08 19:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: The storage capacity of concentrating solar power (CSP) can add significant value to a utility company's optimal mix of energy sources, a new report by the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) suggests. The report found that CSP with a six-hour storage capacity can lower peak net loads when the sun isn't shining, enough to add $35.80 per megawatt hour to the capacity and operational value of the utility, compared to photovoltaic (PV) solar power alone, and even...