As their name suggests, concentrated solar power (CSP) systems concentrate light from the sun onto a small area, where it is converted to heat. Although this heat is sufficient for electricity ...

California is keeping the Ivanpah solar plant operating due to “reliability” and the state’s “green” energy mandates, despite ...

Concentrated solar energy – power towers using vast fields of mirrors to focus heat from the sun on a water-filled target, making steam, generating electric power and also liquefying salts to provide ...

Concentrating solar power promises to become a keystone technology in America’s renewable-energy portfolio. A proven energy technology with a 30-year track record, concentrating solar power is a ...

Concentrated solar power facilities are often large, sprawling across desert landscapes or the futuristic California of Blade Runner 2049. But smaller plants could offer a clean energy option for ...

Concentrating solar power (CSP) plants focus the sun's thermal energy to produce steam that drives a turbine to generate electricity. Now, Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems (MHPS) is testing the ...

Martin LaMonica is a senior writer covering green tech and cutting-edge technologies. He joined CNET in 2002 to cover enterprise IT and Web development and was previously executive editor of IT ...

With the price of photovoltaics having plunged dramatically, solar is likely to become a major contributor to the electrical generating mix in many countries. But the intermittent nature of ...

Dubai is showing that not only does it want its energy to be cleaner, but also bigger—it’s building the world’s largest concentrated solar plant (CSP), which will deliver 1000 MW by 2020. Announced ...

The United Arab Emirates could play host to the world’s largest concentrated solar power facility, also known as CSP. Saudi Arabian firm ACWA Power is the primary team behind a giant facility near ...

The Ivanpah Solar Power Facility, a concentrated solar thermal plant in the Mojave Desert near Ivanpah, California and Primm, Nevada, is one of the largest solar energy systems in the world. It uses ...

One of the most ambitious solar energy projects on the planet is in trouble. The $2.2 billion Ivanpah concentrated solar power facility in California has fallen well short of its expected power output ...