Aircogen CHP Solutions, a Dresser-Rand strategic business unit, provides a complete range of fully packaged and tested combined heat and power (CHP) systems to commercial, industrial, and municipal energy users worldwide. In August 2008 the company designed and installed a CHP system for Transform Pharmaceuticals, a Johnson & Johnson company in Lexington, Mass., and the [...]
Abengoa Solar announces the signing of a power purchase agreement with Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) to supply the electricity generated by the new solar plant “Mojave Solar.” The project will generate 250 megawatts (MW) of Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) and is to be located in an unincorporated area of San Bernardino County, between Barstow [...]
Via its US subsidiary Solar Trust of America, LLC, Solar Millennium AG, Erlangen, has engaged Citigroup and Deutsche Bank to provide advisory services to structure and secure financing for several planned solar thermal power plants across the southwestern US. Each power plant has an expected financing volume of more than one billion US dollar. Together [...]
Siemens AG is to acquire the solar thermal power company Solel Solar Systems Ltd. To date, the majority stake has been held by Ecofin Ltd., a London-based investment firm, andanother major shareholder. “After the rapid and highly successful expansion of our wind power business, we now want to continue this success story in the solar [...]
Out in California, the Army has chosen a developer to build a 500-megawatt solar power plant that will provide Fort Irwin with “energy security.” Through an enhanced use lease, the Army will hand over about 14,000 acres of Fort Irwin, in the Mojave Desert, to commercial developers Clark Enterprises of Bethesda, Md., and Acciona Solar [...]
Oct 14 2009 | Posted in
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The Department of Energy has announced the winners of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funding for Solar Thermal resarch and development. Solar Thermal technology is receiving 59% or approximately $10.1 million dollars of the $17 million of project funding announced on October 8th. The solar thermal projects receiving funding are: Dual Purpose Advanced HTF [...]
eSolar, a Google and Idealab backed startup providing modular, scalable solar thermal power technology, has partnered with Clean Energy Solutions (CES) of South Africa to open eSolarSA. Through the agreement, CES is granted the exclusive right to represent and distribute eSolar’s concentrating solar power technology throughout a seven-country region, including the Republic of South Africa, [...]
PurePower™ can enable Oregon homeowners to install solar power for no money down and a net cost of $0 each month PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 8, 2009—SolarCity®, a national leader in solar financing, design, installation, monitoring and related services, today announced a new residential solar service for Oregon homeowners. SolarCity’s PurePower™ can enable Oregon homeowners to [...]
The nursery business is very energy intensive as growers need to keep greenhouse temperatures constant regardless of the weather. Greenhouses tend to be poorly insulated due their size and the requirement to allow in sufficient light for plants to flourish. There is tremendous opportunity to employ alternative energy technologies in this industry, specifically solar thermal. Nurseries [...]
October 08, 2009 At the opening of the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Solar Decathlon on the National Mall, Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced up to $87 million will be made available to support the development of new solar energy technologies and the rapid deployment of available carbon-free solar energy systems. Of this funding, $50 [...]
The event was attended by the President of the Regional Government of Andalusia, José Antonio Griñán Martínez, and the Minister of Innovation, Development and Science, Cristina Garmendia. The new plant can produce enough clean energy to supply 10,000 homes, preventing the emission of some 12,000 tonnes of CO2 every year. Their Majesties, Don Juan Carlos [...]
Brussels, 25 September 2009. Since heat accounts for nearly half of the overall energy demand in the European Union, the solar thermal industry will no doubt make a significant contribution to the 20% target of renewable energy set by the new RES Directive. A new Study “Potential of Solar Thermal in Europe” examines the growth [...]
Oct 6 2009 | Posted in
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Duke Energy today announced it will purchase “green energy” credits from two North Carolina companies that will use solar power to produce hot water and to heat and cool buildings. While Duke Energy’s agreements with FLS Energy and Vanir Energy will not produce electricity, the two firms use solar energy, making them eligible for the [...]
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