In March, the CSP industry in India will consider how to overcome its financial barriers and improve project bankability India’s concentrated solar projects have faced countless hurdles since the National Solar Mission (NSM) was launched in 2010. However, setting up finance for the seven bid winning projects under Phase I of the NSM has proved [...]
by Lena Groeger ProPublica Last week several [1] media [2] outlets [3] obtained the federal Bureau of Land Management’s draft of proposed rules [4] requiring fracking companies to disclose the chemicals they pump into the ground. Such disclosure requirements have been championed by environmentalists for years and were endorsed by President Obama in the State [...]
Environmental groups in Maine have decided that tar sands oil from western Canada wasn’t their cup of tea even though the pipeline company behind the scenes said it really wasn’t there’s either, at least for now. As the Sierra Club was saying “no sir” to tar sands oil in Maine, one of the former GOP [...]
Polluters Move to Block Landmark Mercury Protections Washington, D.C. – Today representatives of the nation’s dirtiest polluters and their friends at special interest groups like the National Mining Association, filed the first lawsuits to block long overdue action to clean up toxic mercury pollution, acid gases and other hazardous air toxics. Toxic mercury is a [...]
“Duke Energy: no dirty rate hikes. Be a good neighbor.” CHARLOTTE, NC— This week, six North Carolinians built and ascended two 20-ft tall tripods in front of Duke Energy’s headquarters with a banner between them that read “Duke Energy: no dirty rate hikes” wearing t-shirts that said, “Be a good neighbor.” “Duke Energy has gone [...]
The U.S. new sanctions initiative, strongly supported by Israel, to impose new sanctions against Iran, is designed to punish it for its purported covert nuclear weapons program by imposing new restrictions on Tehran. As a result, many of Iran’s oil customers are scrambling to avoid collateral damage to their economies. The sanctions’ potential fallout is [...]
Law reform and tougher legal sanctions to stop greenwashing are critical, according to a leading intellectual property expert from The Australian National University. “Greenwashing is corporate spin which involves making misleading or deceptive claims that a company’s products or services are environmentally sustainable or friendly,” said Dr Matthew Rimmer, an ARC Future Fellow and Associate [...]
Pity the poor Eastern Europeans. Fifty years under the domination of their massive Soviet eastern neighbor then the collapse of Communism there two decades ago offered undreamed of opportunities to join both the European Union and NATO. But they still remain dependent on the Russian Federation for the majority of their oil and gas needs, [...]
Investment in India out-paces the rest of the world, thanks to the improving cost-competitiveness of wind and solar Clean energy investments in India reached $10.3bn in 2011, some 52% higher than the $6.8bn invested in 2010. This was the highest growth figure of any significant economy in the world. There is plenty of room for [...]
It is now possible to have locally grown tomatoes in northern Nevada — in January. This has been proven by the partnership of SunScience Corporation (SSC) and the DoubleTree Ranch (DTR) research facility in Lovelock, NV. Together they launched a Controlled-Environment Agriculture (CEA) project using SSC’s Energy Management System (EMS) and DTR’s greenhouse farming operations. [...]
Harnessing nature’s solar cells Photovoltaic panels made from plant material could become a cheap, easy alternative to traditional solar cells. Within a few years, people in remote villages in the developing world may be able to make their own solar panels, at low cost, using otherwise worthless agricultural waste as their raw material. That’s the [...]
Contact: Christina DiPasquale Phone: 202.481.8181 Email: cdipasquale@americanprogress.org Washington, D.C. – Two years ago this month, the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig began drilling on the Macondo Prospect, an operation that would result in one of the worst environmental disasters in U.S. history. Now, as we contemplate exploratory drilling in the Arctic, the Center for American Progress [...]
In his 2012 State of the Union Address, President Obama laid out a Blueprint for an America Built to Last, underscoring his commitment to an all-of-the-above approach that develops every available source of American energy. The President’s plan calls for the safe and responsible development of domestic oil and natural gas resources, support for a [...]
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
Thai Deputy Prime Minister Yongyuth Wichaidit Pushes Start Button at First Solar Thermal Power Plant in Thailand
Thai Deputy Prime Minister Yongyuth Wichaidit pushes start button at first solar thermal power plant in Thailand built with Solarlite’s unique technology
New Concentrated Solar Thermal Technology Uses Considerably Resources than any Other CSP technology
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