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Concentrated Solar Power Industry Meets in Madrid to Talk about Optimisation

Madrid is ready to hold the only techno-economic event focused in Concentrated Solar Power; the 2nd CSP Optimisation Summit, 5-6 June, with more than 150 solar thermal experts set to attend. With PV hoping to achieve a cost of 0,07 câ‚¬/KWh by the end of the decade, cost reduction in CSP is synonymous with getting [...]

Apr 5 2012 | Posted in Concentrated Solar | Read More »

First Solar Thermal Power Plant in Southeast Asia is Fully Operational

New direct steam generation principle co-developed by DLR is used in a parabolic trough collector The solar thermal power plant fed its full output of five megawatts into the grid for the first time on 25 January 2012. This power plant went into operation at the end of last year, and is the first parabolic [...]