Ausra expands global market reach Mountain View, CA—September 30, 2009—Ausra, Inc. has been selected as the solar steam boiler supplier for the proposed 100-megawatt JOAN1 concentrated solar thermal power (CSP) project currently under development in Ma’an, Jordan. The selection of Ausra is an important milestone in the development of JOAN1, which will also include a [...]
Solel Awarded $2.6 Million Grant From Spanish Government for Solar Manufacturing Facility Investment by Solel in first Spanish facility is $12 million; total investment in manufacturing plants expected to reach $140 million Solel Solar Systems, Ltd. announced today it has received a €1.8 million ($2.6 million) grant from the Ministry of Innovation, Science and Enterprise [...]
(LAS VEGAS) September 22, 2009 – BrightSource Energy, Inc., developer of large-scale solar thermal power plants, announced today that it has reached a preliminary agreement with Nevada’s Coyote Springs Land Company™ to provide the sites for up to 960 megawatts of clean and reliable solar thermal energy to the California and Nevada markets. The agreement [...]
Tucson Electric Power (TEP) is working with partners to develop two new solar power systems that would rank as the Tucson area`s largest renewable powerplants, generating enough clean energy to serve more than 6,000 Tucson homes. The systems, including a new 25-megawatt (MW) photovoltaic (PV) array and a 5-MW concentrating solar power (CSP) plant, are [...]
Challenging conventional wisdom, new research finds that the number of sunspots provides an incomplete measure of changes in the Sun’s impact on Earth over the course of the 11-year solar cycle. The study, led by scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) and the University of Michigan, finds that Earth was bombarded last [...]
Stirling Energy Systems (SES) and Michigan‐based Tower Automotive have signed a long‐term supply agreement for production and assembly of the mirror facet component of the SunCatcher concentrating solar power (CSP) system for North American applications. Tower Automotive’s proven experience in designing and manufacturing structural and exterior auto stampings matched well with the new optimized SunCatcher [...]
Abengoa Solar has announced that they intend to build the first Solar Thermal installation integrated with a Coal Plant owned by Xcel Energy. The demonstration project is intended to increase power plant efficiency while lowering CO2 emissions. This is the first time that solar energy will be used to increase the efficiency and lower the [...]
(Oakland, CA) September 9, 2009 – BrightSource Energy, Inc., developer of large-scale solar thermal energy plants, announced today that it has selected Bechtel, the world’s premier engineering, construction and project management firm, as the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractor for the Ivanpah Solar Electricity Generating System. The two companies also announced that Bechtel Enterprises, [...]
Siemens invests USD 15 million in Israeli solar company Arava Power First solar farms for Israel – green technologies dynamically expanding at Siemens Siemens is investing USD 15 million in Arava Power, the Israeli market leader in developing solar power plants. An agreement was signed at Kibbutz Ketura in the Arava today, securing Siemens a [...]
Fluor Corporation (NYSE: FLR) announced recently that the company was awarded an engineering services contract by eSolar, Inc., for the design of a 46 megawatt concentrating solar power (CSP) plant. Fluor will provide design optimization to rapidly scale eSolar’s 46 megawatt power plants. The undisclosed contract value was booked in the company’s third quarter of [...]
On 20 August 2009, the solar thermal experimental and demonstration power plant in Jülich (Solarthermisches Versuchs- und Demonstrationskraftwerk Jülich; STJ) was officially handed over to its future operator, the Jülich Department of Works, by the general contractor, Kraftanlagen München. The technology for the core of the facility, the receiver, was developed and patented by the [...]
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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