For those interested in current developments in CSP I had the privilege of writing some 2 pages that ended up on a nice slide format.
Check out:
@ren21community.bsky.social
fact sheet on CONCENTRATED SOLAR THERMAL POWER (CSP)

www.ren21.net/gsr-2025/dow...

"This Gobi, once a land of hardship and bitter cold, has become a plain of hope,"

By the end of 2024, the first batch of 50 new energy base projects ... had been basically completed and put into operation, with a total installed capacity exceeding 90 GW.
www.globaltimes.cn/page/202505/...

Seems like the Gobi desert is an exciting place for energy research these days. While Ivanpah is now closing in the US, the Chinese just opened this peak shaving CSP plant:
110MW CSP with 8 h of storage + 640 MW PV for on average $1000/kW.
www.pv-magazine.com/2024/12/18/s...

made my day, als Energieexperte.

In 2023 the global concentrating solar power market showed signs of a beginning revival. I'm happy to have contributed a couple of pages to REN21's #GSR2024 See text at: ren21.net/wp-content/u...

And this looking at the derivative:

REN 21 has this in their new deamdn report: www.ren21.net/wp-content/u...

slide 9

Extra credit question: Please explain this joke like I'm four years old.

the real heir to the golf: id.gti
www.volkswagen-newsroom.com/de/id-gti-co...

My short Buzzfeed like pitch for
@SECI_Ltd
on why now is a great time to build more CSP in India.
@RIFS_Potsdam
youtube.com/watch?v=ohWH...

Turns out building a FOAK plant in a third world country wasn't such a smart move for the technology after all. But hey, it was beautiful moment when the thing was opened at the Marrakesh COP.

here comes the nuclear renaisance

PV may be cheap, but can it do this?

Pic: Megalim @ Ashalim,