The Dubai Electricity and Water Authority said it was making progress on its 260-metre 100 MW Concentrated Solar Power tower, which is expected to continue generating power for 15 hours after sunset by heat stored in molten salt. The tower is part of the fourth phase of a $13.6bn solar park project that will also include a parabolic trough set to add 600 MW by heating a tube of fluid. The fourth phase, Noor Energy 1, is being developed by a consortium of DEWA, Saudi Arabia’s ACWA Power and China’s Silk Road Fund. The whole 700 MW fourth stage had a contract for $0.073 per kWh which is claimed to be the lowest of its kind. In India, where government subsidies have been used to build more than 1,000 new coal-fired plants, state energy minister Piyush Goyal has announced plans to expand India’s capacity from about 500 megawatts (MW) today
The Dubai Electricity and Water Authority said it was making progress on its 260-metre 100 MW Concentrated Solar Power tower, which is expected to continue generating power for 15 hours after sunset by heat stored in molten salt. The tower is part of the fourth phase of a $13.6bn solar park project that will also include a parabolic trough set to add 600 MW by heating a tube of fluid. The whole 700 MW fourth stage had a contract for $0.073 per kWh which is claimed to be the lowest of its kind. In India, where government subsidies have been used to build more than 1,000 new coal-fired plants, state energy minister Piyush Goyal has announced plans to expand India’s capacity from about 500 megawatts (MW) today