IN DEPTH: ARRA raises project hopes

CSPToday staff writer

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Centre for solar thermal technologies opens in Australia

The University of South Australia (UniSA) has opened a facility for speeding up the development of advanced solar thermal technologies.

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UC Davis awarded $3m by California Energy Commission

The University will coordinate the efforts of four state-wide programmes, which includes the Solar Energy Collaborative.

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Symyx wins grant for solar thermal energy research

Symyx Technologies, Inc. has received a grant from the DOE to conduct research and development of advanced heat transfer fluids for solar thermal power generation.

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Albiasa Solar plans a 200 MW CSP plant in Arizona

The Albiasa Kingman project involves over $1 billion capital investment.

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Ausra gets $25.5m equity funding

Investors in this equity financing include Ausra’s founding investors, Khosla Ventures and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers.

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IN DEPTH: Hot debate over thermal storage

Tom Konrad

Thermal energy storage (TES) will allow CSP to provide not only clean, renewable electricity but also dispatchable power to ease the integration of variable generation methods such as wind and PV

Heat Transfer Fluids

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PRESS RELEASE: Minimising the impact of recession on a CSP project

The credit crunch, which has had a major impact on the strategy of the start-up companies, is going to be one of the key sessions of the forthcoming 3rd Concentrated Solar Power Summit US (San Francisco, June 30-July 1)

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Jordan continues to evaluate the potential of CSP

Jordan is reportedly considering CSP projects in Aqaba and southeastern regions, according to the country’s

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SENER bags a major contract

The engineering company, SENER, has bagged the supply contract for high accuracy two axes drives for the Gemasolar plant being built in Seville by Torresol Energy.

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