AREVA announced this week the 100% acquisition of U.S.-based Ausra, a leading provider of large-scale concentrated solar power solutions for electricity generation and industrial steam production. This acquisition launches AREVA’s new global solar energy business. It reflects AREVA’s strategic objective to be the world leader in concentrated solar power (CSP) and will further strengthen and [...]
Feb 9 2010 | Posted in
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WASHINGTON, DC – Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) President and CEO Rhone Resch has released the following statement on the Obama Administration’s FY 2011 budget for the Department of Energy’s Solar Energy Program. “This budget conveys the administration’s commitment to the continued growth of the solar industry as we help put Americans back to work [...]
Feb 3 2010 | Posted in
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On Thursday 21 January, Albert II, Sovereign Prince of Monaco, accompanied by a delegation of political representatives, visited the joint stand of the companies SENER and Torresol Energy at the World Future Energy Summit (WFES), the renewable power trade. Alberto of Monaco has shown interest in the three solar projects being promoted by Torresol Energy [...]
Petratherm advises that its wholly owned subsidiary, GeoSolar Limited, has been renamed Heliotherm Limited to reflect that its primary role is solar thermal technology development. “Helio” is taken from the Greek word for Sun. Heliotherm Limited, a 100% owned subsidiary company of Petratherm Limited, has entered into an exclusive agreement with the University of Adelaide [...]
Feb 1 2010 | Posted in
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1,500 m2 of large collectors from solar specialists TiSUN were installed during the refurbishment of Hungary’s biggest municipal housing block The apartment building is situated on a main road in Budapest. Since its completion in 1970, huge billboards on the roof have created interest in this block of municipal housing, which is known in Hungary [...]