Tag: concentrating solar power
Ivanpah & Heliogen: Lessons from Concentrated Solar’s Decline
Ivanpah was supposed to be the future. When it opened in the Mojave Desert in 2014, with its three towers glowing like beacons and almost 400 MW of capacity, it was the largest concentrated solar power plant in the world. It had the backing of Google, NRG Energy, BrightSource, and … [continued]
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Google Has A Long Duration Energy Storage Message For Fossil Fuels, & It Ain’t Pretty
Energy Dome’s CO2-based long duration energy storage system has won the seal of approval from Google, which aims to accelerate and scale up to support the renewable energy movement globally.
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The Solar Energy Whack-A-Mole Continues, & Coal Power Plants Keep Closing
Solar energy innovators are still hard at work in the US, as demonstrated by a new concentrating solar power project in California.
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Concentrating Solar Power Gets Another Chance To Prove Itself
Heliogen’s concentrating solar power system integrates long duration energy storage to achieve an average renewable capacity factor of 90%.
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Spain Will Host A Concentrating Solar Power Plant To Make Jet Fuel From Sunlight
Solar fuels are beginning to support the economic case for concentrating solar power plants, which produce high heat by focusing sunlight on a transfer medium.
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