BrightSource Energy, Inc., developer of utility-scale solar thermal power plants, today announced that it has signed contracts with Siemens to purchase two steam turbine generators for use at its Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System. Today’s announcement follows BrightSource Energy’s purchase of its first Siemens steam turbine generator in December 2008 to be used at Ivanpah’s [...]
Energy developer’s 150-megawatt power contract with PG&E will utilize innovative molten salt storage technology for utility scale solar power—available on demand, day or night SolarReserve, a California-based developer of utility-scale solar power projects, will continue to move forward with it’s investment in its Rice Solar Energy Project now that Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) [...]
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 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 [...]
2010 Solar Millennium AG has hit another milestone on the road to realizing its first parabolic trough power plants in the American southwest. The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has approved a power purchase agreement between Solar Millennium’s American project development unit Solar Millennium LLC, Berkeley, and the US energy provider Southern California Edison (SCE) [...]
First Solar, Inc. /quotes/comstock/15*!fslr/quotes/nls/fslr (FSLR 129.71, -2.42, -1.83%) today announced it has completed the acquisition of NextLight Renewable Power, LLC, a solar development firm formed by the inaugural fund of Energy Capital Partners, a private equity firm focused on investing in North America’s energy infrastructure. With the NextLight acquisition, First Solar now has power purchase [...]
The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has approved Southern California Edison’s (SCE) 20-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with CA Solar 10 LLC, which is owned by Solar Millennium LLC. The project will consist of two 242 MW facilities that will use solar thermal trough technology to generate an estimated 1,100 GWh of energy annually. CA [...]
Southern California Edison (SCE) today issued a competitive Request for Offers (RFO) for new power contracts with independent generators and marketers. The RFO seeks agreements of up to 48 months in duration starting in January 2011 that will enhance the electricity supply certainty for Southern California customers the utility serves. The solicitation will conclude in [...]
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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