Solar Thermal

Storage

Reborn solar thermal and battery project seeks deal to plug in to transmission line to BHP mines
Vast and 14D are seeking to plug their planned big battery, solar thermal and solar heat projects into a transmission line currently serving two large BHP mines.
Joshua S Hill

Apr 9, 2024

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Solar Thermal

World’s biggest CSP plant, with tallest solar power tower, inaugurated in Dubai
COP28 host inaugurates world’s largest concentrated solar power project, featuring the world’s tallest solar tower, at the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park.
Sophie Vorrath

Dec 8, 2023

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Governments

RayGen opens world-leading solar and thermal storage project, lands more federal funds
ARENA tips more money into RayGen’s groundbreaking solar and storage technology as it eyes its first large scale projects.
Giles Parkinson

Aug 31, 2023

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Renewables

You see an alumina refinery, I see a very, very big battery
Alumina refineries in Queensland can potentially provide the same amount of storage/demand response as a 2GW/8 hour battery.
David Leitch

Jul 31, 2023

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Solar Thermal

Australia’s first solar thermal plant edges closer to reality as engineers named
Vast Solar names engineers for what will be Australia’s first large scale solar thermal facility that could begin construction next year.
Sophie Vorrath

Jun 5, 2023

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Vast Solar plans “CSP gigafactory” for heliostats and receivers in Australia
Solar thermal developer says it aims to establish a “CSP gigafactory” on Australian soil, after a successful trial at a pilot manufacturing plant.
Sophie Vorrath

Oct 20, 2022

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Australian solar thermal technology wins US backing to cut industrial emissions
Australia’s Vast Solar is part of a US government-backed consortium trialing CSP technologies to combat industrial scale emissions in US factories.
Jim Regan

Oct 11, 2022

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Solar Thermal

“World’s biggest” solar and storage project on track for state approval
Plans to build a 300MW solar plant with 3.6GWh of storage capacity get Crown Sponsorship from the SA government for development approval.
Sophie Vorrath

Aug 15, 2022

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Storage

ARENA backs study to unlock value stacks of grid-scale energy storage
Monash University will conduct a study into how energy markets can better support and reward the roll-out of large-scale storage technologies.
Sophie Vorrath

Jul 25, 2022

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Storage

Turnbull invests in revived solar steam tech with gigawatt scale project in Saudi Arabia
Malcolm Turnbull has taken a front seat, and an equity stake, in the renewed push to use solar thermal to slash emissions in industrial processes.
Giles Parkinson

Jul 21, 2022

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Solar Thermal

Reborn solar thermal and battery project seeks deal to plug in to transmission line to BHP mines

World’s biggest CSP plant, with tallest solar power tower, inaugurated in Dubai

RayGen opens world-leading solar and thermal storage project, lands more federal funds

You see an alumina refinery, I see a very, very big battery

Australia’s first solar thermal plant edges closer to reality as engineers named

Vast Solar plans “CSP gigafactory” for heliostats and receivers in Australia

Australian solar thermal technology wins US backing to cut industrial emissions

“World’s biggest” solar and storage project on track for state approval

ARENA backs study to unlock value stacks of grid-scale energy storage

Turnbull invests in revived solar steam tech with gigawatt scale project in Saudi Arabia

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