Top 4 Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) startups

Updated: April 22, 2024 | Editor: Alexander Gillet

Solar thermal energy startups are focused on developing innovative technologies such as concentrated solar power (CSP) systems, solar thermal collectors, and thermal energy storage solutions to harness the power of sunlight for applications such as electricity generation, heating, and desalination, aiming to provide cost-effective and sustainable alternatives to conventional energy sources while reducing carbon emissions and promoting renewable energy adoption.
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Country: Israel | Funding: $840.3M
BrightSource Energy designs, develops, and deploys solar thermal technology to produce high-value electricity and steam for power, petroleum, and industrial-process markets worldwide.
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Country: USA | Funding: $203.4M
SolarReserve is a leading global developer of utility-scale solar power projects, which include electricity generation by solar thermal energy and photovoltaic panels. In addition, SolarReserve has commercialized a proprietary advanced solar thermal technology with integrated molten salt energy storage that solves the intermittency issues experienced with other renewable energy sources.
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Country: Switzerland
Airlight Energy develops solar technologies for large-scale production of electricity and thermal energy, and for energy storage. It offers concentrated solar power systems for electricity generation and industrial process heat applications; concentrated photovoltaic systems for the energy intensive industry and large utilities; and solutions for concentrated photo voltaic and advanced adiabatic compressed air energy storage markets.
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Country: USA
SolarSpace creates the next generation of Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) Technology
Editor: Alexander Gillet
Alexander Gillet is a senior editor for EnergyStartups. He has a deep background in energy sector and startups. Alexander graduated from Emlyon Business School, a leading French business school specialized in entrepreneurship. He has helped several non-profit organizations dedicated to promoting environmental education and sustainability and has written over 250 articles on energy technology for various websites. When he’s not writing, Romain is also a developer and has a deep historical knowledge of the computer industry for the past 50 years. You can contact Alexander at alexgillet@energystartups.com