Tag Archives: Concentrated solar thermal

CSP For 5.57 cents/kWh

Posted on January 9, 2016 by groundswellbasscoast

SEGS was put into service in the 1980s (yep, about 3 decades ago). With capital costs paid off and its initial power purchase agreement (PPA) over, owners of the project have been able to put in bids for new electricity … Continue reading →

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Why Pay Attention To The ‘Other’ Form Of Solar Power?

Posted on June 19, 2015 by groundswellbasscoast

A 2014 independent market analysis projected that the global CSP market will see “phenomenal growth at a 19.4% CAGR [compound annual growth rate] between 2014 and 2020.” A global CSP market that was worth $2.5 billion in 2013 would hit nearly $8.7 … Continue reading →

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New solar plants in sunny Northern Cape, South Africa

Posted on January 22, 2015 by groundswellbasscoast

Two new concentrating solar power (CSP) plants have been announced by the Department of Energy, to be built in the Northern Cape.Kathu Solar Park and Redstone Solar Thermal Power, which will both build 100MW capacity…Concentrated solar thermal power is able … Continue reading →

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Newest CST(ConcentratedSolarThermal) fire up

Posted on February 21, 2014 by groundswellbasscoast

While “we love a sunburnt country…” gets taken further backwards, by Phoney Tony, with dependency on fossil fuels, here’s the latest completion of project that was proposed for Port Augusta >readmore> GizModo

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Letter to ARENA and Alinta: Why dump Port Augusta CST solar?

Posted on July 30, 2013 by groundswellbasscoast

This has been a particularly convincing business case to drag Australia into the 21st century, with a CST(Concentrated Solar Thermal) power station. How about we write to add our support to make it happen? >readmore> RenewEconomy

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EOR(Enhanced Oil Recovery) uses steam from concentrated solar

Posted on July 23, 2013 by groundswellbasscoast

As we wait for electricity from CST(Concentrated Solar Thermal) – oil companies already have it!! High-temperature, high-pressure steam created by the sun is injected deep into oil wells, heating the area, to reduce viscosity of  oil – so it’s easier … Continue reading →

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Solar towers and storage – about to change the energy game?

Posted on July 16, 2013 by groundswellbasscoast

How CST(Concentrated Solar Towers), which include storage, maintain high qulaity base load power. >readmore> RenewEconomy

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Don’t waste solar energy on coal

Posted on February 19, 2013 by groundswellbasscoast

BZE RePower Port Augusta proposal is threatened with being undermined by Alinta. They want to run water up the tower of the CST(Concentrated Solar Thermal) plant, rather than molten salt. 24 hour power is the objective, with 600degC salt storage. … Continue reading →

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Energy/Negawatts – Germany, electricity prices equalt but costs 50% LESS than Oz!!

Posted on February 23, 2012 by groundswellbasscoast

Brace for an electric shock is the headline to this story at Climate Spectator. Despite Germany being a colder climate than Australia and despite that it’s considered to be expensive, in general, and despite our media “war on truth” which … Continue reading →

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Energy/CST Solar – Big win in Las Vegas

Posted on February 22, 2012 by groundswellbasscoast

Even the big gambling town now believes in CST(Concentrated Solar Thermal) for electricity 24 hours/day, as reported at: Las Vegas Solar

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