Amonix, Inc., a leading designer and manufacturer of concentrated photovoltaic (CPV) solar power systems, announced today that it has raised a $129.4 million Series B financing round led by Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers. Other participants in the round include Adams Street Partners, Angeleno Group, PCG Clean Energy & Technology Fund, Vedanta Capital LP, New [...]
Is it possible to have to much of a good thing? Too much clean energy brought on too quickly? This is an important question as factors that will limit effective growth of the solar energy industry need to be understood before they become a problem. Fore armed with this knowledge engineers we be able to plan for [...]
ThermalSoul, a wholesale clean energy services provider of renewable thermal power, announced today that it is in the process of selecting land for a site to develop Austin’s first solar thermal power generation facility. The new facility will be the first for the company in the United States. “As Austin moves to expand renewable energy [...]
With more available sunshine than any other European nation,Spain is committed to developing solar energy as a way to provide electricity and to power its economy cleanly and cost-efficiently. The government has targeted an installed solar generating capacity of 3000 MW by 2010, and removed economic barriers for connecting solar power technologies to the nation’s [...]
Chromasun recently announced the close of its first institutional funding round. The $3 million investment was led by Danish investor, VKR Holding. Co-investors include GoGreen Capital and two unnamed US investors. The investment will be used to fund the continued growth of Chromasun and market introduction of its innovative MCT solar collector for solar cooling [...]
The idea that electrical energy can be generated using existing solar thermal and PV technology in the worlds deserts and cost effectively transmitted to countries in Europe to power whole cities is indeed an ambitious one. It seems that it is also worthy as the best idea for energy innovation in a sea of ideas. In [...]
According to the Green Building Association Platinum buildings are highly energy and resource efficient; provide superior indoor comfort for the building’s occupants; and dramatically reduce carbon dioxide emissions, a primary cause of global climate change. To date in the State of Michigan there are no completed building projects that qualify for the associations top rating. [...]
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette is reporting that nine local companies with be sharing over $5.7 milion in state grants for converting their facilities to PV Solar power and Solar thermal energy systems.The W.J. Beitler Co. in Esplen is one of nine recipients of state grants to install solar energy systems. The Beitler Co. is one of two [...]
The final collector unit for Egypt’s first ever solar thermal large-scale facility has been assembled and installed in the solar field at Egypt’s Kuraymat project site, some 100 km south of Cairo. The technology for the parabolic trough solar field comes from Flagsol GmbH in Cologne, a technology company jointly owned by the Erlangen based [...]
Milwaukee based A. O. Smith Corporation has entered into a strategic cooperative agreement with Chromagen, a leading global manufacturer of solar water heating solutions located in Sha’ar Ha’amakim, Israel, to develop advanced solar technology for water heating applications. Under the terms of the agreement, Chromagen will offer A. O. Smith exclusive marketing and distribution rights [...]
Here is an example of the types of indirect jobs that are created when a county and a company invest in their future with solar thermal energy technology. SCHOTT Solar produces solar receivers in its manufacturing plant in Aznalcóllar, a city near Seville, Spain. These absorber tubes are a key component of solar thermal parabolic trough power plants. [...]
AREVA has announced that its Global Solar Energy Business Unit will be called AREVA Solar and will be headquartered in Mountain View, California. Dr. Robert E. Fishman will serve as chief executive officer.Dr. Robert E. Fishman will head up this new global division to be headquartered in Mountain View, Calif. “We expect the global market [...]
The World Bank announced that it will provide a $3.75 billion loan to South Africa to increase the country’s available electricity generation. This investment is sorely needed as there has been an electricity crisis in that country for several years. South Africans have suffered from rolling blackouts some of which resulted in residents going without power for up [...]
SkyFuel First in Concentrated Solar Thermal Power Industry to Offer Insurance-Backed Warranty
Solar Thermal Developer Solar Millennium Sells Additional Investments
Abengoa and JGC’s Thermal Solar Power Plant, Solacor 1, Comes Online
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
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