Solar MHD, Inc. is developing a patented new type of generating power-plant, which it describes as “a very promising new technology for electric power generation”. The technology is based on the principal of magnetohydrodynamics (MHD), which uses magnets to extract electricity from superheated charged plasmas. The technology can produce electricity from any heat source, but [...]
Energy service providers help to pinpoint gaps in energy efficiency and opportunities for renewable energy and to optimize energy supply, whether for a single facility or an entire real estate portfolio. Ameresco, Inc. , a leading energy efficiency and renewable energy company, announced today it has been reaccredited by the National Association of Energy Service [...]
CTRAN, a BASIX group company, aggregates micro-certified emission reductions over 15,000 users which have been migrated from traditional water heaters to solar water heaters Mumbai, November 15, 2010: CTRAN, a BASIX group company, has structured a 2.5 million euro deal wherein micro carbon credits obtained from migrating households, hotels and other small units to solar [...]
Save on solar hot water in the City of Vancouver. There is a $4,300 incentive from the City, SolarBC, Offsetters and Terasen Gas available until December 31, 2010 SURREY, BC, – Terasen Gas is reminding residents in the City of Vancouver to take advantage of a limited time incentive of $4,300 available for solar hot [...]
Solar Trust of America Secures Federal Approval to Proceed on Amargosa Farm Road Solar Thermal Project Solar Trust of America, LLC, an integrated solar solutions company, announced today that its project development subsidiary, Solar Millennium, LLC, has secured a Record of Decision (ROD) from the Department of Interior’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM) approving the [...]
A California Energy Commission siting committee is recommending approval of the planned Palen Solar Power Thermal Project in Riverside County. The project is a concentrating solar trough thermal electric generating facility with two adjacent and independent units of 250 megawatts each for a total capacity of 500 megawatts. The proposed project would use parabolic trough [...]
Foster Wheeler AG is a global engineering and construction contractor and power equipment supplier which prides itself on delivering technically advanced, reliable facilities and equipment. The company announced today that a subsidiary of its Global Power Group has been awarded a contract to design and supply a solar steam generator system (preheaters, drum-type evaporators, and [...]
Ditlev Engel, President and CEO of Vestas Wind Systems A/S and convener of the working group for creating green jobs, is asking every G20 Head of State for a date – one hour in their calendar over the coming months. Mr Engel and working group colleagues offer to personally present tailor-made recommendations specific to each [...]
SHEC Energy Corporation and Cleanergy have signed an MOU for the joint development of a high-efficiency solar Stirling engine. SHEC Energy’s high-efficiency solar receiver technology will be coupled with Cleanergy’s proven Stirling Engine technology to develop the world’s most advanced Solar Stirling Engine offering. Engineers from both SHEC Energy and Cleanergy gave design approval to [...]
Bechtel joined BrightSource Energy in a ceremony to mark the start of construction of the Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System, a groundbreaking project that will usher in a new era of advanced solar power in the United States.The ceremony was held in California’s Mojave Desert next to the Ivanpah site. Ian Copeland, president of Bechtel’s [...]
New system uses wind, solar water heating and 7 other upgrades for hospitals, hotels, prisons and universities A combined research effort of Wind Inc., CorPlan Corrections, Visions Southwest, Solaire and Environmental Solutions has resulted in a new coordinated “renewable energy” system that can save large facilities, such as prisons and hospitals, huge amounts in energy. [...]
A California Energy Commission siting committee is recommending approval of the planned Rice Solar Thermal Energy Project in Riverside County. In its presiding member’s proposed decision (PMPD) released today, the committee said the proposed 150-megawatt plant, as mitigated, will have no significant impacts on the environment and complies with all applicable laws, ordinances, regulations, and [...]
Walmart Canada has announced the opening of its first sustainable fresh food distribution centre, a state-of-the-art facility that will be an estimated 60% more energy-efficient than the company’s traditional refrigerated centres and that will help the company avoid approximately $4.8 million in energy costs over five years. One of North America’s most energy-efficient distribution centres, [...]
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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