The Boeing Company and Stirling Energy Systems have formed a strategic partnership to complete the commercialization and deployment of Boeing’s XR700 high-concentration photovoltaic (HCPV) solar power technology. Through a licensing agreement with Boeing, SES has acquired the sole rights to develop, manufacture and deploy the HCPV product globally. SES will lead the commercialization process, with Boeing [...]
As chair of the New York State Solar Thermal Road Map’s Private Sector Workgroup, SunMaxx Solar CEO Adam Farrell is making ground-breaking strides toward bringing revolutionary incentives to New York’s emerging solar thermal industry. The work group, whose goal is to spur investment in solar thermal installations, is preparing to announce an innovative incentive package [...]
For the first time, China led the United States and other G-20 members in 2009 clean energy investments and finance, according to data released today by The Pew Charitable Trusts. Last year, China invested $34.6 billion in the clean energy economy – nearly double the United States’ total of $18.6 billion. Over the last five [...]
Mar 29 2010 | Posted in
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More Money Available to Homeowners, Businesses for Renewable Energy Projects The New York State Public Service Commission (Commission) has takena major step toward meeting its goal to increase the proportion of renewable generation to 30 percent of projected electricity consumption by 2015, and to ensure New York remains a leader in the development of renewable energy [...]
The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have announced a series of Cooperative Research and Development Agreements (CRADAs) with 3M, the St. Paul, Minn.-based technology company. The collaborative effort demonstrates both 3M’s and NREL’s commitments to meeting the nation’s clean energy needs by developing technologies that are vital to producing large-scale [...]
Alcoa has announced that it is jointly testing an advanced solar technology with the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL), with the goal of making Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) technology competitive in the United States by lowering its cost to generate energy. NREL and Alcoa recently installed a new Alcoa-designed Concentrating Solar [...]
Cobra Energy, a subsidiary of the Spanish ACS Group, will reportedly build a 250-megawatt solar energy plant, possibly in three sites. One of the three sites will be located near Mildura in Victoria while two sites are being planned in Queensland. The project will eventually be one of the biggest solar thermal generation facilities in [...]
Solar Energy Initiatives, Inc., with businesses in solar project development, distribution and workforce training, has announced a strategic partnership with Ireland based Surface Power, a leading designer and manufacturer of solar thermal products. The agreement allows SNRY to expand into the multi-billion dollar solar heating and solar air-conditioning market. The agreement will allow SNRY to [...]
SunMaxx Solar‘s Chicago Solar Thermal Training Course on March 31, 2010. The Chicago Solar Training Course is designed for anyone in the Chicago area interested in the solar thermal market, solar thermal installations, and solar hot water and solar space heating applications. It is well suited for contractors looking to enter the industry as well [...]
OPEL Solar, Inc., a leading global developer and supplier of high concentration photovoltaic (“HCPV”) solar panels and other solar products, including ground-based and rooftop tracker systems, and its Spanish partner, BETASOL, has announced that its 330 kilowatts (kW) utility-grade solar photovoltaic power plant in Spain is eligible to begin receiving the feed-in tariff (“FIT”) from [...]
SolarReserve is designing power plants using Solar Power Towers. This configuration captures and focuses the sun’s thermal energy with thousands of tracking mirrors (called heliostats) in a two square mile field. A tower resides in the center of the heliostat field. The heliostats focus concentrated sunlight on a receiver which sits on top of the tower. Within [...]
Heating a home accounts for the lion’s share of a typical utility bill. According to the 2007 Buildings Energy Data Book, nearly 43 percent of the average household bill is spent on heating one’s home and water supply. One cost-efficient solar technology that is gaining popularity and offering some financial relief is solar thermal water [...]
Mar 12 2010 | Posted in
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Solel Solar Systems, Ltd. announced recently the first order for its new UVAC solar receiver systems – a contract with Aries Solar Termoeléctrica, S.L. for nearly 46,000 systems for two 50 MW solar power plants in Spain. Solel’s UVAC will serve as the technological heart of solar plants, being built in Castilla La Mancha by ASTE, [...]
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