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Solar

French group to build 800MW solar thermal + PV project in Morocco
Consortium led by French utility EDF tapped to build landmark Noor Midelt I project, combining concentrated solar with PV generation, and minimum 5hrs thermal storage.
Joshua S Hill

May 28, 2019

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Renewables

S.A. begins search for energy provider after failure of solar tower project
South Australia signals search for new projects and competitors to supply 100% of its electricity supply, after failure of the Aurora solar thermal project.
Sophie Vorrath

Apr 29, 2019

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Solar

SolarReserve signs manufacturing MOU for solar tower project, but financing delayed
SolarReserve signs MOU with Heliostat SA to manufacture and assemble the heliostat components for world-leading 150MW solar tower and molten salt storage facility proposed for Port Augusta.
Sophie Vorrath

Sep 18, 2018

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Renewables

Spain nears 50% renewables for first half 2018, led by wind power
Wind, hydro and solar combined to supply 45.8% of Spain’s electricity demand in first six months of 2018.
Sophie Vorrath

Jul 13, 2018

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Renewables

Water from thin air, powered by the sun: US tech to be trialled in Australia
US technology that can harvest drinking water from the air using solar power to be trialled around Australia, with backing from ARENA.
Sophie Vorrath

Apr 30, 2018

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CleanTech Bites

Work begins on world’s biggest solar tower and storage plant
Work begins in Dubai on world’s largest solar tower with storage facility, featuring a 260m tower.
Giles Parkinson

Sep 20, 2017

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Policy & Planning

Why solar towers and storage plants will reshape energy markets
More details emerge of the contract for the Port Augusta solar tower and storage project, and why it means huge change for energy markets, and a shift of focus from “base-load” fossil fuel to clean, flexible capacity built around “base-cost” renewables.
Giles Parkinson

Aug 21, 2017

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Renewables

Coal communities lead march to clean energy
Port Augusta becomes latest Australian coal hub to embrace renewables – and just as well, considering new data on coal plant pollution.
Sophie Vorrath

Aug 15, 2017

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Solar

How solar tower and storage won on costs
SolarReserve says its winning solar tower and molten salt storage project can deliver dispatchable, renewable power at just $78/MWh. Why so low?
Sophie Vorrath

Aug 15, 2017

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Storage

Solar PV could provide 30% of power needs by 2030, ARENA says
ARENA says solar PV could account for 30% of Australia’s power needs by 2030, as it unveils its new investment priorities – storage and reliability, solar innovation, energy productivity and renewable energy exports. Also, expect an announcement on solar thermal soon.
Giles Parkinson

May 1, 2017

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CleanTech Bites

SolarReserve signs MOU for 70MW solar project in NSW
US company with big solar thermal plans for Australia signs MOU to co-develop 70MW PV farm in NSW.
Sophie Vorrath

Mar 30, 2017

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Origin gas deal brings mothballed Pelican Point back online
Mothballed Pelican Point power station fires up again after Origin agrees to sell it some gas and take its output, possibly giving opening to solar thermal.
Sophie Vorrath

Mar 29, 2017

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