Decarbonization Avenue : Concentrated Solar Power

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CSP plants designed for enhanced oil recovery and refineries

Concentrating solar-thermal power (CSP) technologies can be used to generate electricity by converting energy from sunlight to power a turbine, but the same basic technologies can also be used to deliver heat to a variety of industrial applications, like water desalination, enhanced oil recovery, food processing, chemical production, and mineral processing.

Relevant for

  • Mining engineer
  • Oil & gas engineer
  • Solar power professional

Innovation sector

  • Renewable energy sciences

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Using CSP for Enhanced Oil Recovery

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Approaches for Integrating Renewable Energy Technologies in Oil and Gas Operations

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Oil Industry Survey Finds GlassPoint Style Solar Thermal Steam is Only Future for EOR

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Technical and Economical Aspects of Use of Solar Energy in Oil & Gas Industry in the Middle East

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Oman to get 2 GWth solar steam plant for enhanced oil recovery

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Domain

Renewable Energy

Sustainable industrial practices

Type of innovation

Core sciences & engineering

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University researcher

Corporate researcher

Startup or entrepreneur

Solution provider

Industry

Solar energy