Aalborg CSP is a Danish

renewable energy Renewable energy is energy that is collected from renewable resources that are naturally replenished on a human timescale. It includes sources such as sunlight, wind, the movement of water, and geothermal heat. Although most renewable energy ...

specialist mainly designing solutions based on

concentrated solar power Concentrated solar power (CSP, also known as concentrating solar power, concentrated solar thermal) systems generate solar power by using mirrors or lenses to concentrate a large area of sunlight into a receiver. Electricity is generated when ...

(CSP) technology. The company's main office is located in,

Aalborg Aalborg (, , ) is Denmark's fourth largest town (behind Copenhagen, Aarhus, and Odense) with a population of 119,862 (1 July 2022) in the town proper and an urban population of 143,598 (1 July 2022). As of 1 July 2022, the Municipality of Aalb ...

, Denmark, and they have offices in Spain, the United States,

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, Australia and

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. Aalborg CSP has participated in projects mainly in Spain, but also in Turkey, Norway and Russia. The most current project as of 2015 is an integrated energy system located in

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, Australia. Aalborg CSP has partnered with

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to create a farm powered by the sun and saltwater. By using

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, powered by the sun, it is possible to produce the water with desalinated seawater. Aalborg CSP was in 2010 given the Gazelle Award, where companies must have had a doubling of either revenue or profit in the last four years. Aalborg CSP has 56 people employed.

History

Aalborg CSP is the result of the merger between BK Aalborg and BK Engineering, which took place on January 1, 2011. These are companies with roots back to the 1980s where they originate from the boiler industry of which the city of

has become synonymous.European Oil and Gas Magazine, Generating Success, 30 October 2010

CSP

It is especially the work within the CSP industry that has put Aalborg CSP on the map. With their work on CSP plants around the world, the company has become a leading global player within steam generators for large-scale concentrated solar power plants. Among other projects the company has contributed to the construction of large CSP plants in Spain. One of these plants were at the time considered to be the world's most powerful solar tower.''

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'', Pictures of the Day, Renewable Energy, 23 September 2009

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