Sage’s First 3-MW Geothermal Power and Energy Storage Project Will Feed ERCOT

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2024 20:24:15 +0000

Sage Geosystems will build a first-of-its-kind 3-MW geothermal baseload power and energy storage system on land owned by San Miguel Electric Cooperative (SMECI) in Christine, Texas. The company plans to […]

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A conceptual visualization of a Sage Geosystems' 30-MW EarthStore energy storage facility. Courtesy: Sage Geosystems

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Scientists Set A Solar Thermal Trap To Snare Fossil Fuels

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Wed, 15 May 2024 19:39:41 +0000

A new solar thermal trap can help pave the way for compact, efficient concentrating solar systems to decarbonize heavy industries.

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Industrial Heat Pumps Are Coming For Your Fossil Fuels

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2024 14:35:31 +0000

Heat pumps are pushing gas and oil out of homes and commercial buildings, and now they will put the squeeze on industrial operations, too.

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US Energy Dept. Still Holds Torch For Concentrating Solar Power

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2022 16:00:14 +0000

concentrating solar power hydrogen solid particle co2Concentrating solar power has had a hard time getting off the ground in the US, but that is not stopping the Department of Energy. The agency is in the middle of a $100 million program aimed at pushing the technology into the mainstream of the renewable energy revolution, and they are not stopping at power […]

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It’s A New Dawn For Concentrating Solar Power

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2022 18:05:21 +0000

concentrating solar power heliogenThe concentrating solar power dream lives on, with new electric vehicle battery angle.

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Transformative Coal Power Technologies Take Shape

Credit to Author: POWER| Date: Thu, 02 Jan 2020 05:00:00 +0000

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The coal power industry acknowledges that to play a stable role in future power markets, it needs to modernize, and perhaps even overhaul its long-held status as a “conventional generator.” Could new

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300-MW Natural Gas Allam Cycle Power Plant Targeted for 2022

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2019 14:22:27 +0000

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Testing continues at NET Power for a much-watched project that is demonstrating production of low-carbon natural gas power. The project is using a supercritical carbon dioxide (sCO2) cycle, and its developer is confident that the technology will be commercially deployed in 2022. Mike McGroddy, principal at 8 Rivers Capital, the venture capitalist firm that is […]

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10-MW Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Demonstration Project Breaks Ground 

First ground has been broken on a 10-MW pilot of a novel supercritical carbon dioxide (sCO2) technology, a $119 million project that will refine the sCO2 power cycle and demonstrate component performance and scalability.  Construction of the Supercritical Transformational Electric Power (STEP) pilot plant at the 15-acre facility at Southwest Research Institute’s (SwRI’s) San Antonio, […]

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