Public Service Electric and Gas Company (PSE&G) and Rider University today cut the ribbon on a new .74-megawatt (MW) solar farm at the Lawrenceville, NJ school. The project is part of PSE&G’s Solar 4 Allâ„¢ program, the utility’s flagship solar effort to help New Jersey reach its solar energy goals while creating jobs and fostering [...]
Apricus, a leading designer and manufacturer of solar hot water and hydronic heating products, has received OG-300 System Certification for 54 new residential solar hot water system packages from the Solar Rating and Certification Corporation (SRCC). These systems feature the Apricus evacuated tube solar collector and include all major components for residential direct flow or [...]
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 [...]
A California Energy Commission siting committee is recommending approval of the planned Palen Solar Power Thermal Project in Riverside County. The project is a concentrating solar trough thermal electric generating facility with two adjacent and independent units of 250 megawatts each for a total capacity of 500 megawatts. The proposed project would use parabolic trough [...]
A California Energy Commission siting committee is recommending approval of the planned Rice Solar Thermal Energy Project in Riverside County. In its presiding member’s proposed decision (PMPD) released today, the committee said the proposed 150-megawatt plant, as mitigated, will have no significant impacts on the environment and complies with all applicable laws, ordinances, regulations, and [...]
FAFCO Inc., a solar thermal manufacturer, has introduced the new 500 Series system solar heating platform. The 500 Series system platform builds upon FAFCO’s polymer solar thermal technology to deliver energy-saving performance in an advanced system design, the company says. The FAFCO 500 Series system features a custom-designed digital solar controller, heat exchanger and pumps [...]
Marks & Spencer (M&S) is launching a range of Solar PV and Solar Thermal water heating solutions to help customers cut their carbon emissions and reduce their energy bills. M&S is one of the first retailers to offer solar energy packages that enable customers to take advantage of Feed-in-Tariffs. Through the M&S Energy partnership with [...]
A major order for two Austrian companies was announced at a press conference in the middle of August: Austrian engineering company Solid – represented by its two CEOs Christian Holter (middle) and Franz Radovic (right) – signed a contract with the United World College of South East Asia (UWCSEA) to deliver, install and operate a [...]
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This summer has seen some record temperatures around the world and the trend is likely to continue through the season. At first glance you would think that this would be good news for solar technology as we harvest the additional solar energy but this is not the case for all types of systems. Unlike solar [...]
The condenser for the power plant block of the Andasol 3 Solar Thermal power project arrived at the building site near La Calahorra on Monday. Also the turbine for the Andasol 3 power plant has already reached the Mediterranean coast in the south of Spain. At the same time, the generator that was built in [...]
Illustrating its responsiveness to increasing consumer demand for renewable energy systems, at the Intersolar 2010 Conference, Boots on the Roof will unveil its latest education and training innovation: three new Master Certificates in Renewable Energy programs. Training for each Master Certificate will be delivered via a first-of-its-kind accelerated program model, uniquely designed to provide instruction, [...]
Saudi Arabia  is home to one of the largest solar heating systems in the world. Millennium Energy Industries (MEI) designed and built this solar district hot water system,for the Princess Noura Bint Abdurrahman University for Women Project (PNUW) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The solar system, comprised of more than 35,000 sqm of roof mounted large scale [...]
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