Susan Kraemer

Two years of plant DAWN: proving synthetic fuel production at industrial scale Source: Synhelion – Published in 2026 In 2024, we switched on plant DAWN for the first time. Since starting production in late summer that year, we have gained invaluable operational experience, de-risked our technology, and built an expert team that masters the challenges […]

Source: The Conversation By Craig Mcgregor; Director of the Stellenbosch University Solar Thermal Energy Research Group South Africa’s coal-fired power stations are retiring. The country must replace a huge amount of electricity over the next two decades. Currently, coal still supplies 74% of the country’s power. But the government’s national energy plan has largely overlooked […]

Researchers at GE Aerospace Research and Sandia National Laboratory have successfully fabricated and tested a 3D-printed silicon carbide (SiC) volumetric solar air receiver, achieving a temperature of 1390°C on-sun. The goal of the three-year program, now completed, was a feasibility demonstration of materials, design, fabrication, and testing of a 50 kWth air receiver, with the […]

Abstract: With the increasing application of Integrated Energy Systems (IES), more effective utilization of renewable energy and diversification of energy utilization forms have become urgent issues to address. IES faces challenges in the co-optimization of deep carbon reduction and multi-energy complementarity. This paper proposes a Carbon-Sequestration Geothermal-Integrated Solar Energy System (SGIES) that integrates Concentrated Solar […]

Source: CSTA On August 20, the 100MW linear Fresnel solar thermal project of the CTGR Xinjiang Hami Integrated Energy Demonstration Project, EPC contracted by CPECC Northwest for China Three Gorges Renewables, successfully completed its 14-day trial operation assessment. This first-ever 100 MW Fresnel project connected to the grid in December of 2025. Commissioning a CSP […]

Dongfang Boiler’s first milestone a success at world’s highest CSP tower project Dongfang Boiler has achieved “first light” at the 100MW Amdo Tushuo tower concentrated solar power plant in Tibet, the China Solar Thermal Alliance reported on Aug. 27. This involves reflecting sunlight from the first of the heliostats onto a single spot on the […]

Synhelion says they have hired the engineering firm Saipem to carry out preliminary engineering work for a commercial-scale synthetic fuel plant at an RWE industrial site in Hürth-Knapsack, Germany. The plant is expected to produce 30,000 tons annually of renewable synthetic fuels, mainly for aviation, along with synthetic diesel and gasoline for shipping and road […]

Source: China Solar Thermal Alliance: The core heat absorption system installation has been successfully completed for the Tibet Development & Investment Anduo Tushuo 100 MW tower solar thermal project, constructed by POWERCHINA SEPCO1 in Tibet. (Map) All 16 solar receiver tube panels have been hoisted into position atop the tower. The hoisting operation presented extreme […]

Hot bricks for thermal energy storage get US commercial interest from industry heavyweights in cement, steel and iron ore

To all relevant entities and individuals: In order to continuously demonstrate the unique appeal of concentrated solar power (CSP) technologies, capture scenes of construction, operationandmaintenance work and daily life at CSP power stations, and advance cultural communication within the CSP industry, the China Solar Thermal Alliance (CSTA) has decided to host the 4th Concentrated Solar […]