2012 Sponsor Overviews
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| Areva supplies solutions for carbon-free power generation. Its expertise and know-how in this field are setting the standard, and its responsible development is
anchored in a process of continuous improvement. As the global nuclear industry leader, AREVA’s unique integrated offer to utilities covers every stage of the fuel cycle, nuclear reactor design and construction, and related services. The group is also expanding considerably in renewable energies – wind, solar, bioenergies, hydrogen and storage – to be one of the top three in this sector worldwide in 2012. Every day, AREVA’s 48,000 employees cultivate the synergies between these two major carbon-free offers, helping to supply safer, cleaner and more economical energy to the greatest number of people.
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Alstom is a global leader in the world of power generation, power transmission and rail infrastructure and sets the benchmark for innovative and environmentally friendly technologies. Alstom builds the fastest train and the highest capacity automated metro in the world, provides turnkey integrated power plant solutions and associated services for a wide variety of energy sources, including thermal (coal, nuclear, gas...) and renewable ones (hydro, wind, solar...) and it offers a wide range of solutions for power transmission, with a focus on smart grids. The Group employs 92,500 people in around 100 countries, and had sales of over € 20.9 billion in 2010/11.Â
Alstom believes that solar is part of the overall solution to reduce CO2 emissions and to benefit from a balanced portfolio of fuels. Alstom can provide, for a CSP plant, the EPC, the power block and the O&M of the power block. Alstom has signed a partnership agreement with BrightSource Energy to develop a fully integrated solution, benefiting from their respective areas of expertise. |
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Gestamp Solar Steel supplies metallic structure for any CSP and PV technology, with capabilities of designing, manufacturing and operating final assembly lines on site. Always considering a tight collaboration with the customers, process design is deeply analyzed focusing on defining cost-optimized manufacturing solutions as well as considering the possibility of a co-development for designing new structures based on R&D resources fully dedicated to Solar business and a well-known experience within the auto industry.
Integrated in Gestamp Corporation (32,000 employees and a turnover of 7.3 billion € in 2011) the company is leader in steel supply and manufacturing of components and has global presence and investing capacity. It is by merging these strengths that Gestamp Solar Steel allows it’s customers to have a high confidence level in order to develop their projects in any region. |
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| First Solar is a leading manufacturer of photovoltaic solar modules and a premier provider of integrated solar solutions. Our unique capabilities in module production, project development, EPC, O&M, and project financing enable us to focus on creating synergies that drive down costs across the entire value chain. The knowledge and experience we’ve gained in executing many of the world’s largest PV power plants translates into the lowest solar energy prices while delivering maximum returns for our energy buyers. By enabling clean, renewable electricity at competitive prices, we provide an economically and environmentally viable alternative to peaking fossil-fuel electricity generation. |
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| Laitu Solar, has born from the synergies between two strong business groups, Dominguis’ Group, a leader in providing all kind of Operations and Maintenance (O&M) Services in the Industrial sector and Iturri’s Group, a leader in the Fire-fighting and production of textiles for Industrial applications. Currently it operates in most of the CSP plants in Spain providing the automatic cleaning of CCP collectors through the worldwide patented system called VALENT®, a highly Integrated automatic system that cleans with Brush and Water and Water only ensuring the highest CCP Reflectivities in the market: 99,8% relative with Brush and Water and 95% relative with Water. |
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| SkyFuel, Inc. manufactures the SkyTrough® parabolic trough concentrating solar collector - a breakthrough in cost and constructability resulting from significant design and material innovations. The award-winning SkyTrough® is the first utility scale solar concentrator to use durable, lightweight, highly reflective ReflecTech® Mirror Film in place of traditional glass mirrors. SkyFuel’s OnSun™ Integrated Control and Drive System provides highly accurate positioning for parabolic trough solar collectors using a helical, hydraulic rotary actuator and the SkyTrakker™ control board for precision tracking. SkyFuel is now taking orders for the SkyTrough®, ReflecTech®, and OnSun™. SkyFuel is developing next-generation, high-temperature parabolic trough and linear Fresnel systems. |
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| Siemens Energy is a leading provider of tailor made products and solutions for concentrating solar power (CSP) plants, including solar fields and solar field equipment, steam turbines and power blocks, automation and tracking control systems, and other critical solar power plant components. Backed by decades of experience as a supplier of large-scale power plants and its reputation as a reliable partner in the energy sector, Siemens has developed comprehensive answers to the challenges in the growing CSP market. Siemens technology has proven itself over decades in California's Mojave Desert, and is reaching new heights of efficiency with today's' installations in Spain. |
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On May, 8th, 1992, the Ven brothers took over Luz and successfully restarted the activities as Solel. After the sell-out of Solel, HUIYIN-GROUP was founded and turned to first develop and later produce HCE in 2002. With headquarters located in Beijing CBD district and a 20.000 m² factory located in the prime industrial zone in Weihai Shandong, Huiyin is well placed today to offer a wide variety of vacuum tubes to suit all solar thermal processes. Equiped with ISO 9001 and ISO 14000 and a variety of industrial production and quality standards Huiyin can serve the most demanding customers.
HUIYIN-GROUP, with a passion for technology and focused on quality, offers a wide range of industrial vacuum tubes, in standard lengths (4060mm) diameters (70, 80 and 90 mm) and a standard 3 mm wall thickness. HUIYIN-GROUP has a long-term strategic cooperation relationship with most of the international and domestic universities and institutions with a focus on solar thermal energy. Our products have been tested over the past three years by all renowned institutes and most of the leading EPC.
Some of Huiyin patented technologies:
- Coolbox (r) getter system, air cooled getter box
- RobuStress (r) Stainless Steel tube: 3mm wall thickness, no more vacuum loss due to bending
- NRG Trap (r) coating: emittance: 0,10%, Transmittance: 0,965, absorbance: 0,96%
- Cleancoat (r) easy to clean hydrophobic glass tube coating
Today Huiyin offers its expertise and knowhow to the market. Please contact us for reference list and further information or for your specific requirements. |
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| Microtherm® is the global market leader in microporous insulation applications with 40 plus years of experience in a wide range of demanding applications including power generation and renewable energy supplies. Microtherm® is lightweight, load bearing, and offers the thinnest protection available at high temperatures making it ideal for difficult areas. It is available in flexible panels, rolls, custom fit pieces, pourable granules, and in hydrophobic grade. Microtherm® is the ideal insulation to increase operational efficiency for all types of CSP technology. It is fast to fit and backed by a full thermal design support service. |
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| Tyco Flow Control is a leading global manufacturer and marketer of valves and controls, water and environmental systems, and thermal control solutions for industries, including oil and gas, power, water, mining, process, and construction. With a strong global presence and engineering expertise backed by some of the industry's most trusted brands, we enable customers to improve operating efficiency, minimize risk and protect what's most vital: people, assets and environment. |
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Ripasso Energy offers a modular and state-of-the art solution for CSP using robust Stirling technology licensed from Kockums.
The concept consists of a high precision parabolic shaped mirror that concentrates sunlight into a Stirling engine directly connected to a generator. Each module consists of two sun tracking units of 2 x 30 kW. The Dish-Stirling technology has a demonstrated an outstanding solar-to-electricity efficiency of more than 30%, and is now being commercialized by Ripasso to offer modular high performance and cost competitive solutions from kW to GW levels, especially for areas with high direct solar radiation. |
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MBA Roller Bearings manufactures and designs bearings, rod end bearings and slewing rings for different energy sectors. Our company has the capacity to adapt special products to your technical requirements. We guarantee a permanent main reference in stock for immediate deliveries, with a capacity of distribution that allows us to deliver your orders to any place worldwide.
Nowadays, MBA Roller Bearings is the leading company in the supply of articulated rod end bearings that support the structure of parabolic-trough solar power collectors. We have provided 80.000 rod end bearings and 200.000 glycodur/permaglyde to companies from the 5 continents.
MBA also develops and manufactures slewing rings for a wide range of industrial application in renewable energy, having supplied more than 8.000 big size bearings. We have achieved greater efficiency, productivity and innovation applying them in the heliostat tower.
MBA Roller Bearings can provide as well different components related to thermosolar industry, given to the interests our company shares with other enteprises. |
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| As a market leader in CSP heat transfer fluids, The Dow Chemical Company (Dow) offers a customer solution approach to support market growth, including innovation, engineering knowledge, reliable supply chain, delivery of high quality, high volume products to remote locations, and fluid regeneration opportunities. Dow’s continual growth in the CSP industry helps to provide more sustainable sources of energy on a global scale. Dow offers a broad range of support services to ensure that fluid condition is monitored and maintained to help ensure maximum system efficiency with minimum maintenance and downtime. |
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If you want to enquire about sponsorship and exhibition opportunities, talk to Patricia Tatto on the details below.
Patricia Tatto
Head of Business Development
CSP Today
+44 (0) 20 73 75 7564
patricia@csptoday.com |
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