Solar Power International 2010, the largest business-to-business solar energy conference and expo in North America, broke previous records for exhibitors and exhibit space for the sixth consecutive year. Taking over more than 1 million square feet of total gross space at the Los Angeles Convention Center Oct. 12-14, the sprawling exhibit floors featured 1,122 companies [...]
Oct 31 2010 | Posted in
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The University of Houston has received a $1.2 million grant from the Office of Naval Research to help design the next generation of technologies for the alternative energy industry. In all, the ONR awarded a total of $1.5 million to UH, the Naval Research Laboratory and the University of New Mexico to develop new thin-film [...]
SunMaxx Solar announced this week that the company will soon be starting a large military base solar thermal system installation at the Los Angeles Air Force Base in Los Angeles, California. Scheduled to be completed by the middle of 2011, the installation will be for a domestic hot water and space heating system, and will [...]
Cogenra Solar™, a provider of distributed solar cogeneration systems and renewable energy service solutions, has been awarded a $1.5 million research grant from the California Solar Initiative Research, Development, Deployment and Demonstration (CSI RD&D) Program. The funding will support the accelerated development and commercial deployment of Cogenra’s proprietary solar cogeneration technology and will finance the [...]
New Report from ABS Energy Research Reveals that Despite the Economic Downturn, Thermal Solar remains strong and ABS Predicts Strong Growth in 2011 & 2012 and a spike in GW capacity world-wide. London, UK – The newly released 4th Edition of the Solar Thermal Report from ABS Energy Research states that despite the global downturn, [...]
CSIRO will begin installing 450 large mirrors, called heliostats, for Australia’s largest solar-thermal tower system at the CSIRO National Solar Energy Centre in Newcastle, New South Wales. The heliostats are part of an advanced new solar technology developed by CSIRO and manufactured by Central Coast company, Performance Engineering Group.By developing such technology CSIRO aims to [...]
Oct 29 2010 | Posted in
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Officials with the Department of Environmental Protection were on hand today at celebrations marking three different clean energy projects – including the largest rooftop solar array in North America — to deliver the message that renewable energy sources and technologies that are more efficient represent the economic future of Pennsylvania and America. DEP Secretary John [...]
Oct 29 2010 | Posted in
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Cal Poly Pomona University is celebrating becoming carbon neutral at its 16-acre John T. Lyle Center for Regenerative Studies with an event called “Plug into the Sun: Green Light to Carbon Neutral.” The milestone was made possible by the installation of concentrated photovoltaic (CPV) solar energy systems from California-based Amonix, Inc., the recognized leader in [...]
Oct 28 2010 | Posted in
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SolFocus CPV Solar Systems Installed at U.S.-Mexico Border Region The new solar power project with the Border Environment Cooperation Commission (BECC) demonstrates the promise of clean power, economic growth and bilateral partnership. SolFocus has installed a 16.8 kilowatt (Kw) installation of high-concentrator photovoltaic (CPV) systems at the Border Environment Cooperation Commission (BECC) BECC offices in [...]
Oct 28 2010 | Posted in
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Sopogy, Inc., a leader in micro Concentrated Solar Power (MicroCSP(TM)) technology, will be supplying its proprietary solar thermal collectors for a five-megawatt MicroCSP plant, which broke ground on October 27 in the Kalaeloa district of Oahu — marking the largest CSP project in Hawaii. The Kalaeloa Solar One project is a partnership between the State [...]
New Solar-Thermal Technology to Reduce Parish’s Carbon Footprint and Utility Bills Organizations throughout the Pacific Northwest, including local parishes and schools, are actively searching for ways to reduce costs and do something good for the environment. Our Lady of the Lake, in Seattle’s Wedgewood neighborhood, has implemented a new solar-thermal system from Net Zero Impact [...]
Oct 27 2010 | Posted in
Solar Collectors |
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FUTUREWORLD ENERGY, a global provider of alternative, renewable and clean energy technologies, today announced today that it has entered into a Letter of Intent to acquire Arctic Solar Engineering, LLC, a privately held supplier and integrator of solar thermal systems and absorption units, located in Chesterfield, MO. Under the terms of the LOI, FutureWorld Energy [...]
NRG Energy and BrightSource Energy Partner on Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System: 392-Megawatt Facility in California Will Be World’s Largest Solar Thermal Facility When Completed NRG Energy, Inc., through its wholly owned subsidiary, NRG Solar, executed a letter of intent to partner with BrightSource Energy to construct, finance, own and operate the largest solar thermal [...]
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