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101: CSP basics

CSP Facts & Figures
Timeline of CSP deployment around the world:           CSP timeline deployment in the US     CSP timeline deployment in Spain   LAST...
CSP history
Soon we'll give you the keys of the CSP history.
Technology
CSP - How it works In a brief description, CSP plants produce electricity by converting sun's energy into high-temperature heat by concentrating...
The 'must-have' links about CSP
Here you can find the most important on-line resources related to Concentrated Solar Power or Solar Thermal Power as it is referred to in some...
What is CSP
What means CSP? CSP stands for Concentrated (or Concentrating) Solar Power. You will also find this technology referred as Solar Thermal Power or...
Featured resources
Revised CTF Investment Plan for MENA CSP
May 2013 | CTF, World Bank | Other reports
An Analysis of Concentrating Solar Power with Thermal Energy Storage in a California 33% Renewable Scenario
April 2013 | NREL | Markets reports
Tender for CSP plant in Chile
February 2013 | Chile | Tenders
CSP 2012, a review
January 2013 | CSP World | Other reports
ESTELA Strategic Research Agenda 2020-2025
December 2012 | ESTELA | R&D reports/studies
The Economic and Reliability Benefits for CSP with Thermal Energy Storage
December 2012 | CSP Alliance | Markets reports
Simulating the Value of Concentrating Solar Power with Thermal Energy Storage in a Production Cost Model
December 2012 | NREL | Markets reports
RfP for setting up 50 MW solar thermal projects of total capacity 100 MW in Rajasthan
November 2012 | RREC | Tenders
Variable Geometry Solar Test Facility for Central Receiver Systems
July 2012 | CTAER | Video
Renewable Energy Cost Analysis - Concentrating Solar Power
June 2012 | IRENA | Other reports

Markets reports

An Analysis of Concentrating Solar Power with Thermal Energy Storage in a California 33% Renewable Scenario
April 2013
Small-scale Concentrated Solar Power A review of current activity and potential to accelerate deployment
March 2013
The Economic and Reliability Benefits for CSP with Thermal Energy Storage
December 2012
Simulating the Value of Concentrating Solar Power with Thermal Energy Storage in a Production Cost Model
December 2012
Draft Policy Document on JNNSM Phase-II
December 2012

R&D reports/studies

SunShot Concentrating Solar Power Program Review 2013
April 2013
ESTELA Strategic Research Agenda 2020-2025
December 2012
CONCEPTUAL DESIGN OF A 100 MWe MODULAR MOLTEN SALT POWER TOWER PLANT
July 2011
Methods for probabilistic modeling of concentrating solar power plants
January 2011
MED-CSD Combined solar power and desalination plants: Techno-economic potential in Mediterranean Partner Countries
May 2010

Other reports

Revised CTF Investment Plan for MENA CSP
May 2013
CSP 2012, a review
January 2013
Renewable Energy Cost Analysis - Concentrating Solar Power
June 2012
Implementation Strategy for a Global Solar and Wind Atlas
April 2012
Enabling Greater Penetration of Solar Power via Use of CSP with Thermal Energy Storage
November 2011

Videos

Crescent Dunes Project Update Movie - April 2013
April 2013
CTAER research facilities for solar thermal energy
December 2012
Areva Fresnel collector with molten salts
October 2012
Energy 101: Concentrating Solar Power
July 2012
Variable Geometry Solar Test Facility for Central Receiver Systems
July 2012

Other resources

ASME Podcast - Concentrating Solar Power
April 2013
NREL's US CSP resource maps
April 2012
Sunshot's CSP fact-sheet
April 2012
IEA Renewable Energy Essentials: Concentrating Solar Thermal Power
April 2009
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