Superior Energy Performance Program to Save Businesses Money, Reduce Energy Use and Improve Economic Competitiveness WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Energy today announced the first industrial plants in the country to be certified under the Superior Energy Performance program — a new, market-based industrial energy efficiency program. The energy management certification program is accredited [...]
ACORE Calls For Global Renewable Energy Standard During the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP16) currently under way in Cancun, Mexico, American Council On Renewable Energy (ACORE) President Michael Eckhart called for a global renewable energy standard (G-RES) of 25% renewable energy by 2025. Eckhart called on the International Renewable Energy Agency to be designated [...]
More evidence that the hidden cost of our addiction to cheap electricity generated from the burning of powdered coal is not in our long term best interest. This time the environmental close call comes not offshore from deepwater oil wells but hundreds of miles inland from the coast , near Wilmington, North Carolina. A toxic [...]
Secretary Steven Chu announced this week that the Department of Energy is extending the application deadline for the July 2009 energy efficiency, renewable energy and advanced transmission and distribution technologies solicitation.The new Part 1 application deadline is October 5, 2010. This gives companies an additional six weeks to apply for a loan guarantee under Section [...]
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 [...]
The City of Tallahassee Utilities Rebate + Incentives Are Greater Than What You Pay for the Water Heater Itself LOUISVILLE, Ky.–With a special $1,200 rebate for The City of Tallahassee Utilities customers valid through Sept. 30, 2010, and a Federal tax credit of up to $480 through Dec. 31, 2010, homeowners could end up saving [...]
New ARPA-E projects in 18 states will accelerate innovation in clean energy technologies, increase America’s competitiveness and create jobs The U.S. Department of Energy has announced 43 cutting-edge research projects that aim to dramatically improve how the U.S. uses and produces energy. Funded with $92 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act through the [...]
Wagner & Co Solar Technology established an US subsidiary in Cambridge, MA: Wagner Solar Inc. The new company will provide highly efficient solar thermal systems tailored to the US market for domestic hot water and space heating applications. As one of the largest Photovoltaic integrators in Germany, Wagner Solar Inc. will also be offering solar [...]
At the end of June the participants of the 4th Concentrated Solar Power Conference in San Francisco voted for HelioTrough, the Solar Millennium Group’s newest collector generation, for the award in the “CPS Innovation” category. The HelioTrough collector, which was developed by Flagsol GmbH, the joint venture between Solar Millennium AG and Ferrostaal AG, together [...]
Lt. Governor Becky Skillman has announced the opening of the Indiana Solar Thermal (IST) grant program that will make $150,000 available to help offset the cost of installing large Solar Thermal water systems. The program is designed to introduce alternative and renewable energy technologies to specific sectors of hot water users. Hoosier businesses, not-for-profit organizations, [...]
Rep. Jay Insee, D-Wash., has introduced the Americans Making Power Act (AMP Act), which would establish a national standard for net metering. The legislation would allow Americans to feed back into the grid excess renewable power they generate through homes and small businesses. This legislation would also encourage a more diffuse means of energy production, [...]
10,000 American Flags Planted in Front of Washington Monument Washington, D.C. – Today, veterans, union leaders and environmentalists gathered in the shadow of the Washington Monument to call on President Obama to end America’s dependence on oil. Starting as an online campaign planting 50,000 virtual flags, volunteers began last night planting 10,000 actual American flags [...]
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has released a rental schedule for solar energy right-of-way authorizations on U.S. public lands. The amount of the rental is charged by megawatt produced and the facilties rated capacity. If we are truely interested in bringing clean energy in the U.S. to parity with coal or natural gas then one [...]
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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