Deserts and other sun-drenched regions are the ideal location for concentrated solar power plants, but where sunlight is abundant, water tends to be scarce and dust covers everything. The EU-funded project MinWaterCSP develops new solutions to reduce water consumption in such plants, making the technology more attractive for countries that suffer from water scarcity and aim to become less dependent on fossil fuels.

Plant owners like to see overall power plant cycle efficiencies at levels achievable with wet-cooling solutions, but at the same time, the increase in pressure on scarce water resources forces dry-cooling solutions to be used more and more, compromising performance....

After three years of intense work towards the reduction of water consumption in CSP plants, the international MinWaterCSP consortium presented final project results at its 2nd International Conference in Stellenbosch, South Africa. At this occasion, the full-scale...

Tower & Parabolic Trough plants are the most common plants worldwide. ECILIMP Termosolar has developed a New Generation of their Cleaning Tools under the MinWaterCSP project (Minimized Water Consumption in CSP plants). This project solution has been entirely...

ColSimCSP is a simulation software tool developed at Fraunhofer ISE for dynamic thermal simulations which allows the integration of complex operating strategies. The performance models are based on the two plant layouts namely the indirect integration of the molten...

Two main concerns exist within industrial forced draft air-cooled condensers (ACCs) in relation to concentrated solar power (CSP) plant performance. The first being that of excessive auxiliary power consumption. The second being underperformance during adverse...

Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) plants use solar irradiation as a heat source, in a Rankine-type cycle, to produce electricity. Locations that provide optimal solar conditions for CSP plants are generally also characterized by low water availability....

Mirror cleaning is a major operations and maintenance (O&M) activity in CSP power plants and their optimization is key in reducing the Levelized Cost of Energy (LCOE) of such systems. This optimization refers to labor as well as water consumption, especially in...

People who have to survive years of drought would certainly appreciate some of the rainfall that other regions of the world receive or in general to have more water resources available. That's why ENEXIO and 12 further organizations are partnering within...