Renewable Solar and Wind Energy get the Green Light in Ohio

A late-night vote Thursday by the Ohio House demonstrates Ohio’s bipartisan commitment to bringing clean energy, job creation and greater investment in local communities vying for renewable energy projects. “By eliminating this tax disadvantage, Ohio lawmakers have strengthened the renewable market and secured millions in new tax revenue for local communities,” Lystra said. “Additionally, Ohio’s [...]

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Largest Solar Thermal Energy Project in the Southern Hemisphere

Kogan Creek Power Station is set to be home to one of the largest solar projects in the world after the Commonwealth Government pledged $32 million from the Renewable Energy Demonstration Fund towards the Kogan Creek Solar Boost Project. International solar energy provider AREVA  will install a solar thermal addition at CS Energy’s Kogan Creek [...]

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Concentrated Solar Thermal Reforming of CO2 into Synthetic Diesel – A Game Changer?

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — An alliance of industry, academic and government organizations, formed to commercialize technologies that will utilize concentrated solar energy to convert waste carbon dioxide into diesel fuel, was announced today. The  Concentrated Solar Thermal reforming platform will be colocated next to industrial facilities that have waste CO2 streams such as coal power plants, natural [...]

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World’s First Hybrid Concentrated Solar Thermal Energy Facility Nearing Completion

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At a time when many U.S. power companies are trying to design carbon capture systems for their existing coal fired generating plants Florida’s largest utility company is spending  money to revitalize a natural gas generator by combining it with Concentrated Solar Thermal technology. In a move that validates the companies stated commitment to reduce their [...]

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World Energy Use Projected to Grow 49 Percent Between 2007 and 2035

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A new report from the EIA gives a sobering forecast of the world wide increase in energy consumption that will likely occur in the next 25 years. In light of our troubles trying to fulfill our recession economies need for oil and the ends that that oil and coal demand has driven us this forecast becomes [...]

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Should We Make Solar Energy Dirty?

Abengoa Solar has announced that they intend to build the first Solar Thermal installation integrated with a Coal Plant owned by Xcel Energy. The demonstration project is intended to increase power plant efficiency while lowering CO2 emissions. This is the first time that solar energy will be used to increase the efficiency and lower the [...]

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The Power of the Ocean is Ours

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