The U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu has announced that the Department will invest more than $200 million over five years to expand and accelerate the development, commercialization, and use of solar and water power technologies throughout the United States. This funding underscores the Administration’s commitment to foster a robust clean-energy sector in the [...]
A high-level delegation from the League of Arab States (also referred to as the Arab League) today visited ACCIONA’s solar thermal/CSP facility in Alvarado (Badajoz), the first of its kind in the Spanish region of Extremadura. The Delegation, led by Mrs. Jamila Matar, plenipotentiary minister of the Arab League, and made up of twelve experts [...]
According to Siemens the CSP market is expected to be worth more than €20 billion ($27 billion) by 2020. The US has 493 MW of installed capacity forecasted by the close of 2010, and over 50 projects in the pipeline that are expected to demand as much as US$80 billion of investment over the next [...]
Adam Capital Clean Energy Asset Finance, the leading collateral-based lender serving distributive commercial renewable energy developers, today announced the closing of a $500,000 loan with Arizona-based Solar Solutions. Solar Solutions plans to use the loan to install approximately 100 kW of residential solar thermal energy systems in the Phoenix area. “The agreement with Solar Solutions [...]
WASHINGTON, DC – The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) just released the 2009 U.S. Solar Industry Year in Review, finding 2009 to be another year of strong growth despite the economic recession. Overall U.S. solar electric capacity, including both photovoltaic and concentrating solar power installations, increased by 37 percent. This was driven primarily by strong [...]
A recent article by National Public Radio (NPR) highlights how politics, environmentalism and clean energy are not always on the same page. Solar Thermal and PV companies have been investigating how to utilize the Mojave desert’s vast solar resources for years and many have projects in the works to build generating facilities. These plans have all [...]
Chevron Qatar Energy Technology QSTP-B, an affiliate of Chevron Corporation, and GreenGulf Inc. QSTP-B (GreenGulf), a Qatar-based renewable energy and clean technology company, have announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding for a joint study to test solar energy technologies and their application in Qatar. The research will be performed at Qatar Science & [...]
Siemens has announced at the CSP Summit in Seville the release of a new solar receiver, the UVAC 2010 (Universal Vacuum Air Collector), which further increases thermal heat production. The new UVAC 2010 is the next generation of the best-selling UVAC receiver, which is the key component for the solar fields of parabolic-trough power plants. [...]
Boots on the Roof is offering a 6-day “Solar Thermal Boot Camp” where you will : Learn to install a solar DHW system in 1 day. Learn techniques to spin off installation crews and keep them in pace with increasing sales. Learn to ramp up a renewable energy business to allow 3 to 5 system [...]
San Francisco, January 20/2010: Over 650 Concentrated Solar Power industry leaders are set to meet in San Francisco this June 24-25 for the 4th Annual Concentrated Solar Power Summit, the largest industry event of it’s kind in North America. Most recent CSP Today findings have shown that over the next 3 years North America will prove [...]
GWS Technologies, Inc. (OTCBB: GWSC), an alternative energy company developing renewable energy solutions, announced today that it has begun vetting German technology partners for the development of alternative energy installations and facilities in Mexico and Central America. “There is currently significant volatility in the global photovoltaic market, as Germany and other major European countries have [...]
In Canada a nonprofit organisation, a government agency and solar thermal energy company are collaborating on solar water heating systems for some of their senior citizens. Wilmar Heights United Church Non-Profit Homes Inc., with help from the Government of Canada, is putting renewable solar energy to work for the residents of a local seniors’ residential [...]
GreenFix Energy today announces the culmination of years of research and work into the development of the OASIIS technology invented and patent filed by Richard Henderson. Richard Henderson worked over a decade perfecting a technology that utilizes current solar thermal and OTEC technology in a whole new way. Once built, this 1 to 3 Square [...]
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