Brief news - Seen on
Eskom, 21st Century Power Partnership Working Toward More Renewable Electricity in South Africa
20 December 2013
Eskom, South Africa's power utility, with support from the 21st Century Power Partnership and the South African National Energy Development Institute, convened a two-day workshop with regional and global power system experts to support the goal of significantly increasing renewable electricity by 2030.
The workshop was designed to strengthen capacity for renewable integration at Eskom and exchange knowledge between energy experts in the region. Topics included evolving approaches to renewable electricity generation forecasting and integration of renewables on low-voltage networks.
"With a vision to significantly increase renewable electricity by 2030, South Africa is helping lead the way to a clean energy future. With this workshop, Eskom has demonstrated its commitment to realizing the vision articulated in the Integrated Resource Plan for Electricity 2010-2030," said Mackay Miller, who represents the 21st Century Power Partnership on behalf of the U.S. Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). "The Power Partnership is excited to partner with Eskom to develop priorities and human capital needed to implement clean energy goals, which are important for the development of the country and the region."
The workshop, held 9-10 December in South Africa, convened Eskom technical and executive leadership together with international experts in the areas of forecasting and power quality. Representatives attending from the Power Partnership Secretariat included Graham Pugh (U.S. Energy Department), Douglas Arent (Joint Institute for Strategic Energy Analysis), and Mackay Miller (NREL).
About Eskom
Eskom provides sustainable electricity solutions to grow the economy and improve the quality of life of the people in South Africa and in the region. Eskom generates approximately 95% of the electricity used in the country and approximately 45% of the electricity used in Africa. Eskom generates, transmits and distributes electricity to industrial, mining, commercial, agricultural, and residential customers and redistributors.
About the 21st Century Power Partnership
The 21st Century Power Partnership aims to accelerate the global transformation of power systems. The Power Partnership is a multilateral effort of the Clean Energy Ministerial and serves as a platform for public-private collaboration to advance integrated policy, regulatory, financial, and technical solutions for the large-scale deployment of renewable energy in combination with deep energy efficiency and smart grid solutions.
Brief News - Seen On
The engineering and technology group SENER is taking part once again this year in the international conference ‘SolarPACES, Concentrated Solar Power and Chemical Energy Systems’. This professional event for the concentrated solar power (CSP) sector will take place in Las Vegas from September 17-20.
SENER, a leader in the CSP sector thanks both to its technological solutions and the size of its projects portfolio, will be presenting a paper entitled ‘Competitive parabolic trough plants based on...
If the latest research is right, concentrated solar power can provide much needed electricity when the demand is greatest. But the verdict is still out as to whether those plants that can serve the masses are economical and reliable.
The benefit of concentrated solar plants (CSP) is that the facilities can be equipped with molten salt as a heat transfer fluid and energy storage device, allowing generation to occur after the sun has set. But construction and production costs are high, especially...
What: BrightSource Energy and Alstom are hosting an international architectural contest to design the solar tower casing at the Ashalim solar thermal power plant in Israel. The competition will take place on two parallel paths, a professional architect and a student architect path.
Under the professional architect path, three cash prizes will be awarded for First prize, Second prize and Third prize. One student prize will also be awarded.
The deadline for proposals is Thursday, October 10th ...
Paris, 04 September 2013. The association Desertec France was launched on August 30th, 2013 in Paris. The contracts with DESERTEC Foundation were signed by Francis Petitjean, President and co-founder, Charles Ifrah, General Director and co-founder, Thiemo Gropp, Director of Desertec Foundation and co-founder and Oliver Steinmetz, member of the executive board of the international NGO.
The staff also includes Stéphane Maureau, vice-president in charge of industrial relations, expert in...
CSP technology has progressed significantly in the last decade but its levelised cost of electricity (LCOE) is still challenging as a standalone energy source. Hybridisation is helping to change that.
The price imperative is crucial. CSP costs are forecast at around $208/MWh in 2015, according to the International Energy Agency’s Technology Roadmap – double the rate for onshore wind and more than three times the cost of biomass.
Increasingly, innovators are responding with bespoke solutions...
PRESS RELEASE
Schlumberger veteran Daniel Palmer to drive expansion in GCC for solar EOR leader
FREMONT, Calif. and MUSCAT, Oman – August 5, 2013 – GlassPoint Solar, the global leader in solar enhanced oil recovery (EOR), today announced the appointment of Daniel Palmer as Director of Business Development for the Middle East region. Palmer draws on more than 20 years of experience with Schlumberger, the world’s largest oilfield service provider, to drive GlassPoint’s expansion across the...
A University of Colorado Boulder team has developed a radically new technique that uses the power of sunlight to efficiently split water into its components of hydrogen and oxygen, paving the way for the broad use of hydrogen as a clean, green fuel.
The CU-Boulder team has devised a solar-thermal system in which sunlight could be concentrated by a vast array of mirrors onto a single point atop a central tower up to several hundred feet tall. The tower would gather heat generated by the mirror...
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have accidentally made a breakthrough by discovering what is called a 'perfect mirror'.
The 'perfect mirror' is able to completely reflect the light without distortion, unlikely conventional mirrors. The finding has been made with a specific wavelength and angle.
The Concentrated Solar Power technology which relies on the reflection of mirrors to concentrate the sunlight could see a future improvement in its efficiency if the mirrors have...
With more than 35 years of experience in the power industry, DuBois joins the SolarReserve management team to lead the project management and construction activities
SolarReserve, a U.S. developer of utility-scale solar power projects, today announced the appointment of Michael DuBois as Vice President, Project Management and Construction. DuBois will lead the company's efforts to manage the construction of SolarReserve's $1.8 billion of solar power projects that are currently underway, as...
With all the attention Saudi Arabia is getting at the moment it is easy to forget there are other markets for CSP emerging in the Middle East.
By Jason Deign
Things are moving quickly in the Middle East.
Previously CSP Today reported how Kuwait has opened the bidding process for 50MW of solar thermal within its proposed 70MW Shagaya Multi Technology Renewable Energy Power Park.
The move, which will see CSP taking centre stage alongside just 10MW of PV and 10MW of wind power, clearly positions...
Pages
