The California Energy Commission today approved the construction of the Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System project in the Mojave Desert. It is the fourth solar thermal power plant licensed by the Commission in the past month. In a unanimous vote, the Energy Commission adopted the presiding member’s proposed decision (PMPD) that recommended licensing the facility [...]
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Solar Trust of America says its project development subsidiary, Solar Millennium LLC, has received unanimous approval from the California Energy Commission (CEC) to build and operate its 1,000 MW Blythe Solar Thermal Power Project in Riverside County. This would be the largest concentrating solar power (CSP) facility in the world, the company says. The project [...]
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 [...]
BrightSource Energy, Inc., developer of utility-scale solar thermal power plants, announced today that it has signed a series of contracts with Riley Power Inc., a subsidiary of Babcock Power Inc., for three boilers to be operated at its 392-megawatt Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System in California’s Mojave Desert. The Ivanpah project will couple Riley’s solar [...]
Solar Energy Fact Sheets Informative Fact Sheets about Solar Thermal Energy Solar: Solar Thermal: Making Electricity From The Sun’s Heat Solar thermal electric power plant generates heat by using lenses and reflectors to concentrate the sun’s energy. Because the heat can be stored, these plants are unique because they can generate power when it is [...]
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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 [...]
Solar Millennium AG has hit another milestone in the permitting process for realizing its first parabolic trough power plants in the American southwest. Solar Millennium, LLC, the U.S. project development subsidiary of Solar Trust of America, today announced that its proposed Blythe Solar Power Project was recommended for final approval for licensing by the California [...]
Docket Number: 08-AFC-8 (Application For Certification) Committee Overseeing This Case: James D. Boyd, Commissioner Presiding Member Jeffrey Byron, Commissioner Associate Member Hearing Officer: Raoul Renaud Key Dates * 7/31/2008 – Original Application for Certification (AFC) filed * 5/28/2009 – Revised Application for Certification (AFC) filed * 8/26/2009 – Commission accepts AFC as “data adequate.” General [...]
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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced the members of the Secretary of Energy Advisory Board (SEAB). Eliminated during the last administration, SEAB is being re-established under the Federal Advisory Committee Act. The 12-member board comprising scientists, business executives, academics and former government officials, will serve as an independent advisory committee to DOE Secretary [...]
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SACRAMENTO – The California Energy Commission this week awarded $3,507,119 to help support research on a variety of projects. Funds for the research grants come from the Commission’s Public Interest Energy Research (PIER) program. “The PIER funds are an investment in California’s clean energy future,” said Energy Commissioner Jeffrey Byron. ”The PIER program has a [...]
Genesis Solar, LLC, a subsidiary of NextEra Energy Resources, LLC, the leading generator of solar and wind power in North America, today announced plans to dry cool its proposed 250-megawatt (MW) solar thermal plant in California’s Sonoran Desert.In evidentiary hearings that begin today before the California Energy Commission (CEC), Genesis Solar plans to formally accept [...]
A residence in Escondido, California has been approved by San Diego Gas & Electric to operate the latest technology in solar electric as well as solar thermal systems by Photon Solar Power Inc. The house features 26 multi-crystalline photovoltaic modules that are embedded with SolarEdge Technologies’ PowerBox DC to DC power optimizers enabling optimized Maximum [...]
Public acceptance of residential solar hot water systems around the world is increasing as people work to reduce their energy bills and reduce their carbon footprints. Solar heating has been widely used on small scale for many years in countries such as China and Africa. The U.S., as with all forms of renewable energy has [...]
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