The California Energy Commission approved the construction of the Abengoa Mojave Solar Project, the second solar thermal project to be licensed in California in as many weeks which is good news for the solar thermal power industry and green job seekers. These clean energy plants will require hundreds of construction jobs and full time operational [...]
Interest in renewable energy and particularly Solar Thermal Power Technology is growing around the world as consumers, industry and governments strive to reduce their dependence on fossil fuels. Concern over global climate change is maybe less of a driving force than environmental stewardship ; thank you British Petroleum for an unforgettable example of how not [...]
Abengoa Solar partners with JGC Corporation to jointly own two 50 megawatt Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) plants in Spain. The two solar plants represent a total investment of more than 500 million euros. Abengoa Solar and JGC Corporation (“JGC”) have formed a partnership to own two 50 megawatt Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) plants in El [...]
SACRAMENTO – A California Energy Commission siting committee is recommending the approval of the planned Genesis Solar Energy Project in Riverside County. In its presiding member’s proposed decision (PMPD) released today, the committee said the proposed 250-megawatt facility, as mitigated, will have significant impacts on the environment. However, the benefits of the project would override [...]
Abengoa Solar Reaches Total of 193 Megawatts Operating Abengoa Solar’s third parabolic trough solar power plant, Solnova 4, successfully passed its three day production and operation tests. Commercial operation of this plant came days after receiving a conditional commitment for a loan guarantee from the U.S. Department of Energy for Abengoa Solar’s 280 MW plant [...]
Solar Park Initiatives, Inc., a solar project developer (“SPD”) for utility scale solar projects, today announced it has consummated a Plan of Merger and Reorganization with its wholly-owned subsidiary, Solar Park Acquisition Corp., and Critical Digital Data, Inc., a publicly owned Nevada corporation which trades on the Over the Counter Bulletin Board under the symbol [...]
Developing CSP projects in the US is a very challenging business, and the stages involved from getting it from the drawing board to construction phase, on average take up to 4 years. The secret to success is based upon essential pillars being in place. These pillars are 1) CSP site secured 2)Connected to transmission line [...]
At the CSP Yield Optimization Conference and Expo you will learn how to maximize your plant output through crucial strategies including… * Maximize Your Megawatts – hear proven tactics to ensure you are getting the best output from your CSP plant and are being as cost-competitive as you can * Optimizing Plant Performance – discover [...]
Here is a short list of some of the worlds solar thermal energy companies and links to their websites. Abengoa Acciona Ausra BrightSource Energy/ Luz II eSolar Iberdrola Infinia Schott Sener Aeronáutica SkyFuel Solar Euromed Solar Millennium SolarReserve Solel Sopogy Stirling Energy Systems Torresol Energy Wizard Power
Washington, DC – President Obama announced Saturday in his weekly video address that DOE has offered a conditional commitment for a $1.45 billion loan guarantee to Abengoa Solar, Inc. The loan will support the construction and start-up of Solana, a 250 net megawatt (MW) concentrating solar power (CSP) plant in Arizona. “After years of watching companies [...]
The first of its kind and the largest Solar Thermal Energy plant is being planned for construction in the Middle East. Masdar, Abu Dhabi’s multi-faceted initiative advancing the development, commercialisation and deployment of renewable and alternative energy technologies and solutions, has appointed the bidding consortium of Total and Abengoa Solar as a partner to own, [...]
A ribbon cutting ceremony was held on May 12, 2010 at the Federal Bureau of Prisons Correctional Facility in Englewood, Colorado to formally open the turnkey solar hot water heating system installed by Abengoa Solar of Lakewood, Colorado under contract to Johnson Controls. The solar system consists of 160 parabolic PT-1 collector modules comprising 22,720 [...]
Reuters is reporting that Florida Power and light seems to have picked Solar PV technology or Solar Thermal power as their solar energy generation of choice. A the local distributed the level solar PV has advantages over some solar thermal technologies in that they do not scale down well. Yet! Where Concentrated Solar energy really [...]
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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