CSP build pipeline must hit "GWs" to fend off PV menace

Mar 11, 2021

A lack of supportive tenders is endangering the CSP industry's quest for lower costs and its leading position in overnight renewable power, a team of researchers told Reuters Events.

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China’s first CSP plant enters commercial operations; IEA predicts 4.3 GW new CSP by 2023
Oct 17, 2018

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China market study confirms CSP value in high wind, solar markets
Oct 3, 2018

CSP could be economically viable without subsidies in markets with over 50% variable renewable energy penetration and wind curtailment needs could create the greatest opportunities, a study by Chinese and U.S. researchers has found.
Morocco's first CSP tower plant enters final test stage; Abengoa boosts EBITDA but revenues fall
Oct 3, 2018

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CSP experts warn capex gains needed to ensure desalination future
Sep 19, 2018

As the U.S. launches new research into CSP desalination technology, developers must focus on entire system costs to gain a share of the growing desalination market, experts told New Energy Update.
SolarReserve to make Aurora heliostats in Australia; Miners poised to hunt renewables contracts: Fitch
Sep 19, 2018

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Sandstone CSP to offer storage below $90/MWh to California utilities
Sep 5, 2018

Boosted by streamlined permitting and falling costs, Sandstone project developer SolarReserve is preparing to enter into power purchase talks with Californian utilities in the coming months, Kevin Smith, CEO of SolarReserve, told New Energy Update.
China to implement world’s first CSP tower design standards; South Africa build plan drops CSP focus
Sep 5, 2018

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Hybrid CSP-PV gains create openings for 24-hour solar supply
Aug 15, 2018

Activity in hybrid CSP-PV projects is growing as developers integrate design advantages and operational synergies to offer lower-cost baseload power, CSP experts told New Energy Update.
China Silk Road fund buys into $4bn Dubai CSP plant; South Africa’s Eskom shelves 100 MW project
Aug 15, 2018

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US high-temperature CSP developers eye commercial exports in 2020s
Jul 18, 2018

U.S.-funded high-temperature CSP developers expect exports to precede domestic deployment but demand will depend on proven operations at scale, project leaders told New Energy Update.
Saudi Arabia, South Africa to co-invest in CSP; Acciona, Abengoa restart Chile plant build
Jul 18, 2018

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US CSP tests to reveal hotter storage route to market viability
Jul 5, 2018

The Gen3 CSP research program will de-risk advanced higher temperature designs and identify the best-placed system and storage technology for future market integration, leading researchers told New Energy Update.
China completes first large CSP plant; US injects $21mn into solar thermal desalination
Jul 5, 2018

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Europe CSP players target post-2020 openings as scale slices costs
Jun 20, 2018

Accelerated grid expansions, capacity markets and learnings from large Middle East projects could rejuvenate the Spanish CSP market and see European capacity far outstrip recent forecasts of 5 GW by 2030, industry experts told New Energy Update.
ACWA Power joins forces with China's CEEC; World Bank supplies $125mn to Morocco hybrid plants
Jun 20, 2018

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