Tag Archives: CSP

World’s Largest CSP (Concentrated Solar Power) Dubai

They like to do things big in Dubai, including a newly-approved concentrated solar power project that will generate 1,000 megawatts of power by 2020—and a whopping 5,000 megawatts by 2030. Saeed al-Tayer, managing director and CEO of Dubai Electricity and … Continue reading

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CSP For 5.57 cents/kWh

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?

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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Y2R at CSP big solar, Ivanpah, USA

Here’s the kind of large scale 400MegaWatt CST(Concentrated Solar Thermal) power station, which can generate electricity 24 hours per day, happily being evaluated on every continent, except Australia!! Here’s Leigh Ewbank of Y2R, on leave, very impressed that so many other … Continue reading

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