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Crescent Dunes, 'the other CSP tower', enters commisioning phase
It's not been a good idea to release a story like this just at the same time the Ivanpah CSP plant was being dedicated by Energy Secretary Ernst...
18 February 2014
WaterFX and SkyFuel outperform current CSP desalination systems
WaterFX and SkyFuel have borught a CSP-desalination facility online jointly with California's Panoche Water District in Firebaugh. After six months...
24 January 2014
Dark clouds are surrounding the Palen Concentrated Solar Power project after the California Energy Commission staff has unveiled its proposed...
18 December 2013
A CSP parabolic trough in Abengoa's CSP plant Solnova in Spain
Abengoa has received a nearly $2 million competitive award from the US Department of Energy (DOE) SunShot Initiative to improve manufacturing and...
14 December 2013
Flabeg Solar US assets to be auctioned on December, 17
Tiger Group's Remarketing Services Division is liquidating the assets of the solar mirror manufacturing plant in the Pittsburgh area owned by the...
11 December 2013
David Ramm, finally appointed as BrightSource Energy's CEO
BrightSource Energy, a provider of concentrating solar thermal technology (CSP), has announced today that its Board of Directors has named David Ramm...
21 November 2013
New hybrid CSP-natural gas plant announced in Sacramento, US
The US Energy Department has announced a new concentrating solar power (CSP) project led by the Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD). The...
31 October 2013
Arpa-e releases a funding opportunity to promote collaboration among PV, CSP and Energy Storage
Is it possible to mix Photovoltaics, Concentrated Solar Power and Energy Storage systems to create a disruptive new solar energy conversion and...
18 July 2013
SunCatcher
The once planned as the largest Dish-Stirling concentrated solar power plant in the world has been canceled by its current promoter K Road Power...
23 June 2013
Low-cost policy solutions that can reduce risk, promote investment, and drive innovation in the CSP industry
The Center for American Progress (CAP) has released a report titled "Fulfilling the Promise of Concentrating Solar Power" where the institution "...
16 June 2013

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