eSolar, a producer of modular, scalable solar thermal power plants, recently announced an exclusive licensing agreement with the ACME Group, a leader in the field of energy, environmental and telecommunications infrastructure solutions in India, to build up to 1,000 MW of solar thermal power plants over the next 10 years. eSolar names ACME as [...]
An Isreali company has developed what I believe is a very innovative and technically interesting product. It is also very encouraging as it may have far reaching implications for developing countries that do not have an infrastructure of centrally generated electrical power. The company is AORA-Solar and they have developed a hybrid solar power station that [...]
Recently, Torresol Energy began work on the construction of the two thermosolar plants located in Cadiz, in the town of San José del Valle. Each one of these plants will have an installed capacity of 50 MW, and both will use SENERtrough collectors, patented by SENER. VALLE 1 and VALLE 2 will summate a solar [...]
Erlangen, Germany/ Berkeley, California Solar Millennium, LLC, Berkeley, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Solar Millennium AG, Erlangen (ISIN DE0007218406), signed power purchase agreements with US investor-owned utility Southern California Edison (SCE). The agreements, which are subject to approval of the California Public Utilities Commission, call for the development of two, 242 MW power plants, with the [...]
EnviroMission’s plans to commercialise Solar Tower technology in the United States have been formalised through the incorporation of a fully owned US subsidiary, EnviroMission (USA) Inc, to represent EnviroMission’s commercialisation operations in the United States. EnviroMission (USA), Inc. will provide the day-to-day operations to support EnviroMission’s overarching, executive developer interests, under the management of EnviroMission’s [...]
California based Ausra, Inc., a leading provider of large-scale solar steam systems for electricity generation and industrial processes, was recently awarded the “S” Stamp Certificate of Authorization from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) for the manufacture of the company’s industrial solar steam power boilers. Ausra is the first and only solar steam power [...]
BrightSource Energy has much to be proud of lately. They were the focus of an article on Solar Thermal Energy in the June 4th print edition of The Economist magazine. BrightSource has also entered into a series of contracts with California based Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) to supply 1,310 MW of solar thermal power [...]
Stirling Energy Systems recently announced the launch of a new solar development company named Tessera Solar. Tessera Solar is developing solar power world wide using their patented technology called SunCatchers. Manufacturing of SunCatchers at production volumes will commence in 2010, utilizing Tier 1 automotive suppliers for key components. With over 90% North American content, [...]
ACCIONA Energy has started construction work on a 50 MW concentrated solar power (CSP) plant at Majadas de Tiétar (Cáceres), representing an investment of 237 million euros. The facility, planned to enter service in summer 2010, will use solar trough technology to produce clean electricity equivalent to the consumption of 30,000 homes.It is the [...]
Recently it was announced that El Paso Electric has signed a power purchase agreement for the full capacity of a 92 megawatt (MW) concentrating solar power plant to be developed in southern New Mexico by NRG Energy , a national Fortune 500 energy provider, and eSolar, a leading producer of modular, scalable solar thermal power [...]
BrightSource Energy CFO Named Bay Area CFO of the Year Jack Jenkins-Stark Honored as Top-Rated CFO for Venture-Backed Company(Oakland, CA) June 5, 2009 BrightSource Energy, Inc., developer of , announced today that Chief Financial Officer Jack Jenkins-Stark has been named the Bay Area’s CFO of the Year. In an annual gathering hosted by the San [...]
Australia’s NEP Solar, has won the prestigious Innovation Award at Intersolar 2009. Intersolar’s 2009 Award was made to NEP Solar for its new solar process heat collector,the PolyTrough 1200, which is now being manufactured in Sydney for local and export markets. The award was presented to NEP Solar’s Chief Financial Officer Antoine Millioud and General [...]
First Solar Thermal Power Plant in Southeast Asia is Fully Operational
Torresol Energy Launches Commercial Operations of Twin Solar Thermal Plants in Spain
Solar Alliance and SEIA Merge to Establish U.S. Solar policies at the State Level
Thai Deputy Prime Minister Yongyuth Wichaidit Pushes Start Button at First Solar Thermal Power Plant in Thailand
Thai Deputy Prime Minister Yongyuth Wichaidit pushes start button at first solar thermal power plant in Thailand built with Solarlite’s unique technology
New Concentrated Solar Thermal Technology Uses Considerably Resources than any Other CSP technology
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