Green Energy
- South Africa Opens Its Biggest Solar Plant
The new 96 megawatt (MW) photovoltaic solar power project in South Africa's Northern Cape province is now online and will help the country meet its critical electricity needs. The Jasper plant, near Kimberly, is the largest on the continent and...
- Solar Energy: The Energy That Comes From Outer Space
Solar energy is a clean energy as it generates neither greenhouse gas emissions nor pollution. Today, solar energy represents less than 1% of all energy produced by humans and Germany is the country that produces the most. There are two technologies for...
- Microsol, The Sustainable Energy Project In Cadarache Is Under Test
The Microsol project which aims to produce solar thermal electricity and drinking water through an ecological system, will begin a test phase of one year in Cadarache, before being deployed in emerging markets. The project Microsol has been selected as...
- Microsol: Electricity And Water Out Of Networks
The Microsol project, developed in consortium with Schneider Electric, will produce electricity and drinking water locally through a solar thermal plant. It begins with a test phase of one year in Cadarache, prior to deployment in emerging markets. The...
- Largest Solar Power Plant
The oil-rich United Arab Emirates (UAE) officially opened the world’s largest concentrated solar power plant “Shams-1”. This is the largest solar power plant in the world with the capacity of 100 MW. The plant includes a huge field of parabolic...
Green Energy
New 165 Meters High Solar Tower!
The company recently completed a SolarReserve tower that’s 520 feet high (approximately 164 meters) for its fleet of solar collectors located in Tonopah, Nevada. The Crescent Dune project should produce at least 480 000 MW/h per year, a sufficient amount of energy to provide power for 75 000 homes.
Using technology to concentrate the solar energy (“Concentrated Solar Power” or CSP), what remains for the company to do is to install 10,000 mirrors that will redirect sunlight to the top of the tower in order to maximize the energy harvesting.
Using technology to concentrate the solar energy (“Concentrated Solar Power” or CSP), what remains for the company to do is to install 10,000 mirrors that will redirect sunlight to the top of the tower in order to maximize the energy harvesting.
The great innovation of the project lies in its use of molten salt as an element of heat retention rather than using oil. The salt can reach temperatures up to 537 degrees Celsius (1000 degrees Fahrenheit) before being stored up to 15 hours time.
When electricity is needed, whether it was day or night, hot salt is pumped into a steam turbine that creates electricity to be redistributed towards homes. The project is expected to begin producing energy in 2013.
Basma – Green Energy International News Correspondent – 23/02/2012
- South Africa Opens Its Biggest Solar Plant
The new 96 megawatt (MW) photovoltaic solar power project in South Africa's Northern Cape province is now online and will help the country meet its critical electricity needs. The Jasper plant, near Kimberly, is the largest on the continent and...
- Solar Energy: The Energy That Comes From Outer Space
Solar energy is a clean energy as it generates neither greenhouse gas emissions nor pollution. Today, solar energy represents less than 1% of all energy produced by humans and Germany is the country that produces the most. There are two technologies for...
- Microsol, The Sustainable Energy Project In Cadarache Is Under Test
The Microsol project which aims to produce solar thermal electricity and drinking water through an ecological system, will begin a test phase of one year in Cadarache, before being deployed in emerging markets. The project Microsol has been selected as...
- Microsol: Electricity And Water Out Of Networks
The Microsol project, developed in consortium with Schneider Electric, will produce electricity and drinking water locally through a solar thermal plant. It begins with a test phase of one year in Cadarache, prior to deployment in emerging markets. The...
- Largest Solar Power Plant
The oil-rich United Arab Emirates (UAE) officially opened the world’s largest concentrated solar power plant “Shams-1”. This is the largest solar power plant in the world with the capacity of 100 MW. The plant includes a huge field of parabolic...