As BP’s oil continues to gush into the Gulf of Mexico, G20 heads of state, due to meet in Toronto this weekend, are planning to dilute last year’s commitment to phase out subsidies to Big Oil and Big Coal, according a copy of the draft statement seen by the environmental groups, Greenpeace and Oil Change [...]
North Carolina could see fewer smog-alert days, as many as 28,000 new jobs, and a 10 million ton reduction in greenhouse gas pollution by achieving an ambitious but attainable goal for solar power. Relying on solar energy Solar power curbs pollution while safeguarding public health and driving our economy into the future. In fact, a [...]
The 5TH European Solar Thermal Energy Conference (ESTEC) will take place in Marseille on 20 and 21 October 2011. Over 500 participants are expected to attend this definitive event for the solar thermal industry organized by ESTIF and ENERPLAN with the support of ADEME. ESTEC is a biennial international conference bringing together key players in [...]
A recent article from”Beyond Zero Emissions” suggests that all is not well with the Solar Thermal Industry in the “land down under” . It appears that the federal government is eager to show new support for the industry after cristism for allowing a solar thermal Australian startup company ( Ausra) to be purchased by a global energy company. The government [...]
A student-led and student-run Renewable Energy Initiative (REI) at Appalachian State University has financed the installation of a solar thermal water heating system installed on the roof of Plemmons Student Union. The system will provide hot water for the building’s restaurants, locker rooms and bathroom facilities. The $153,000 system was manufactured and installed by SunQest [...]
The creative arts building design at Haywood Community College in North Carolina is one of the first public buildings in the state to be built under a new state law requiring enhanced energy performance. As such, the project architect is predicting it will generate a lot of interest. “The state construction and state energy offices [...]
Linamar Corp. is expanding its local workforce with a new $200-million investment in the city of Guelph , Ontario,Canada. Chief executive officer Linda Hasenfratz said the company has already begun hiring between 1,200 and 1,300 people over three years to work in its local car parts and solar thermal dish manufacturing plants. Linamar has been developing [...]
The cleantech startup company Sunnovations Inc. (McLean, Virginia), this month announced the commercial availability of its “breakthrough” solar hot water system for American homes. Solar hot water, a clean and free power source, is believed to be an incredibly underexploited technology in the United States, despite the fact that homeowners could save up to 75 [...]
Illustrating its responsiveness to increasing consumer demand for renewable energy systems, at the Intersolar 2010 Conference, Boots on the Roof will unveil its latest education and training innovation: three new Master Certificates in Renewable Energy programs. Training for each Master Certificate will be delivered via a first-of-its-kind accelerated program model, uniquely designed to provide instruction, [...]
A new report from companies and markets, suggests that the US and particularily California has very good future prospects for solar thermal energy. According to the authors many solar thermal plants with high installed capacities are currently under construction and others are in various stages of planning. California is the hub of most of the [...]
A residence in Escondido, California has been approved by San Diego Gas & Electric to operate the latest technology in solar electric as well as solar thermal systems by Photon Solar Power Inc. The house features 26 multi-crystalline photovoltaic modules that are embedded with SolarEdge Technologies’ PowerBox DC to DC power optimizers enabling optimized Maximum [...]
Solimpeks Corp., a solar company based in Karatay, Turkey, has released the Volther hybrid solar collector, which produces electricity and hot water simultaneously. The product hybrid modules produced by Solimpeks Corp. allow extra module heat to be absorbed to produce hot water, thus optimizing efficiency, the company says. Historically, the main drawback of many conventional [...]
Saudi Arabia is home to one of the largest solar heating systems in the world. Millennium Energy Industries (MEI) designed and built this solar district hot water system,for the Princess Noura Bint Abdurrahman University for Women Project (PNUW) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The solar system, comprised of more than 35,000 sqm of roof mounted large scale [...]
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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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