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NOOR I Tower CSP project, Ourazazate, Morocco ©Xinhua News Agency/SEPCO III

National Solar Test Facility, New Mexico/USA. Credit:Sandia National Laboratories ©US DOE

Miraah, solar steam production at Amal oil field, Muscat/Oman ©GlassPoint

ACWA Power thermal energy storage at Bokpoort CSP, Bokpoort/South Africa @Bokpoort

Solar Simulator Synlight®, Juelich/Germany @DLR

Processes, Materials and Solar Energy laboratory, Odeillo, France ©PROMES-CNRS

Hybrid concentrated solar hydrogen reactor, Australia ©University of Adelaide

## CSP News & Analysis

- ARPA-E-winning thermal energy storage in sand wins commercial interest June 26, 2025

Susan Kraemer
- Sandia’s Gen-3 particle-based CSP demo to debut this fall June 5, 2025

Susan Kraemer
- Optimizing the safety factor in high temperature solar absorbers May 21, 2025

Susan Kraemer
- Finding an ideal channel geometry inside compact flow gas receivers May 12, 2025

Susan Kraemer
- New neural network tool speeds up O&M for Trough CSP April 14, 2025

Susan Kraemer

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## Current Opportunities
in Concentrated Solar

- DLR Institut für Future Fuels seeks Doctoral thesis (m/w/d) Development of Advanced Heat Integration Strategies
- University of Adelaide seeks green hydrogen PhDs and PostDocs

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## SolarPACES Announcements

- SolarPACES Conference 2025 to be held in Spain

## CSP News Briefs

- 100 MW CSP project in Bortala, Xinjiang completes heavy lifting of power block components June 26, 2025
- World’s first high altitude Trough CSP begins operation in Tibet May 23, 2025
- Three Gorges Renewables connects 100 MW Tower CSP to grid in Golmud, Qinghai May 13, 2025
- As the US Cuts Scientific Talent, Europe Launches an Initiative to Attract It May 8, 2025
- SolarPACES Technology Award Winner Royal Tech ships first advanced absorber tubes for DLR’s Évora Trough CSP demo May 2, 2025

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## CSP Tech Explainers

## How solar fuels work: Concentrated solar and thermochemistry

Solar fuels are made using thermochemistry driven by direct heat from the sun In this process, solar thermal energy provides the heat for thermochemical reactions to produce new compounds such as green hydrogen or sustainable aviation fuel. Highly concentrated solar...

## How solar thermal energy storage works with concentrated solar

Here's what dispatchable solar looks like. This gigantic solar thermal energy storage tank holds enough stored sunlight to generate 1,100 MWh/day from stored solar power. The cheapest way to store solar energy over many hours, such as the five to seven hour evening...

## Recent Journal Publications

- Published at Applied Thermal Engineering – Investigation of high temperature electrostatic precipitation for implementation in a solar reactor June 26, 2025
- Published at Solar Energy – Heliostat drift prediction model to improve heliostat position control in solar fields June 15, 2025
- Published at Renewable Energy – A new heliostat field optimal design strategy for deformable petal hybrid layout of concentrated solar power via multi-algorithm filtering June 15, 2025
- Published at Journal of Solar Energy Engineering – Assessment of Particle Candidates for Falling Particle Receiver Applications Through Irradiance and Thermal Cycling June 13, 2025
- Published at Energy – Optimization on thermal performance of the cavity-shaped porous solar receivers May 20, 2025
- Published at Results in Engineering – Enhanced thermal performance in solar receiver duct with louver-punched V-type winglets: Numerical and experimental study May 20, 2025
- Published at Solar Energy Materials – Parametric analysis of empirical parameters and solar radiation uniformity on the thermal performance of porous volumetric solar receivers May 20, 2025
- Published at Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews – Falling particle and sodium billboard receivers for polar-field solar tower plants: A techno-economic comparison April 25, 2025
- Published at Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells – Performance enhancement of a parabolic dish collector with a novel receiver assisted with a secondary reflector April 22, 2025
- Published at Case Studies in Thermal Engineering – Multi-objective optimization on thermo-structural performance of honeycomb absorbers for concentrated solar power systems April 18, 2025
- Published at Applied Energy – Enhancing solar tower competitiveness with star-shaped receivers April 18, 2025
- Published at Applied Thermal Engineering – Daily operation and regulation of a photovoltaic-thermochemical hybrid solar system for full-spectrum solar fuel production April 18, 2025

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Tasks

- TASK I: Solar Thermal Electric Systems
- TASK II: Solar Chemistry Research
- TASK III: Solar Technology and Advanced Applications
- TASK IV: Solar Heat Integration in Industrial Processes
- TASK V: Solar Resource for High Penetration and Large Scale Applications

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