Hybrid Energy reports today the continuing appreciation in the market value and income potential of its Photovoltaic (PV) and Solar Thermal technology recently acquired as part of the $18M Technology Transfer Agreement and Joint Development Agreement with KS IP Holdings, LLC. In its recent report ‘United States PV Market 2010,’ published July 26th, Solarbuzz forecasts [...]
Gov. Jack A. Markell, D-Del., has signed into law four renewable energy bills that constitute the Clean Energy Jobs package, which is designed to expand employment in renewable energy and put protections in place for ratepayers. The bills will facilitate the potential installation of approximately 250 MW of new solar photovoltaic systems by 2025, according [...]
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Solar Thermal Magazine is a cosponsor of the upcoming CSP today Concentrated Solar Thermal Power Summit in New Delhi and we will be reporting updates to this first of a kind event, on a regular basis. Here is an excerpt from a recent interview conducted by CSP today. Ahead of the First Concentrated Solar Thermal Power Summit India, [...]
Valentin Software, Inc., the global market leader in solar PV and solar thermal design and simulation software, and SunReports, Inc., a provider of performance monitoring solutions for residential and small commercial solar installations, have teamed up to close the loop on estimation tools and provide valuable performance data to the solar industry. SunReports will provide [...]
Alternative Energy Partners, provider of comprehensive alternative energy solutions, announces that it is expanding its capabilities in the European green energy market with a significant second deal. In furtherance of its European energy initiative strategy, Alternative Energy Partners subsidiary Skynet Energy Systems is entering into an agreement with Suna Energy, Inc. that will allow Skynet [...]
In the first program of its kind in Arizona, 32 residential solar installers became the first to achieve the designation of Qualified Solar Installer (QSI) from Arizona Public Service Co. These installers passed a challenging series of technical, professional and administrative courses; hold the appropriate licenses with the Arizona Registrar of Contractors; and have achieved [...]
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At a White House Forum on Energy Security this week, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Energy Daniel Poneman announced a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the U.S. Department of Energy and the U.S. Department of Defense to accelerate clean energy innovation and enhance national energy security. America’s military pays a high price in terms of added [...]
Infocast is holding its 3rd Annual Utility Scale Solar Summit on September 13-15, 2010 in San Diego CA. The Utility Scale Solar Summit is the business hub where decision–makers (project developers, technology providers, utilities, investors, lenders, EPC contractors and other influential industry players) who are rapidly expanding the utility scale project pipeline, come to work [...]
Capstone Turbine Corporation , one of the world’s leading clean technology manufacturer of microturbine energy systems, announced recently that HelioFocus and Capstone successfully demonstrated a product converting sunlight to electricity with a solar receiver driving a microturbine. The demonstration was conducted with a Capstone C65 microturbine by HelioFocus and Capstone on a fixed optical tower using [...]
SolarReserve, a California-based developer of utility-scale solar power projects, begins next steps on its Crescent Dunes Solar Energy Project in conjunction with NV Energy’s receipt of approval from the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada (PUCN) today. This approval follows on last December’s announcement that SolarReserve’s wholly owned subsidiary, Tonopah Solar Energy LLC, and NV Energy [...]
One of the prime stumbling blocks in developing solar and wind energy has been dealing with siting and permitting issues on federal lands. The Obama Administration targeted significant monies in the 2009 stimulus bill (ARRA) for wind and solar projects that begin construction by the end of 2010 and Secretary Salazar put in place directives [...]
Dr. Farooq Abdullah, Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy and Shri SushilKumar Shinde , Union Minister for Power today jointly unveiled the guidelines for selection of new solar power projects under the 1000 MW solar power scheme in the first phase of the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission. This would put India in league [...]
The Solar Electric Power Association (SEPA), an educational and research non-profit focused on helping utilities integrate solar into their energy portfolios, will lead 18 utility executives and managers to Japan on its third annual Solar Fact Finding Mission from July 25 to 30. While abroad, the delegation will meet with Japanese utilities, government officials, and [...]