New Texas Test Facility to Help Speed Solar Thermal Energy Consumer Products to Market

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Intertek , a global leader in testing, inspection and certification services announces the addition of solar thermal testing capabilities to its Dallas, TX facility. The laboratory, accredited by the Solar Rating and Certification Corporation (SRCC), A2LA and Standards Council of Canada, tests solar thermal equipment to safety and performance standards including SRCC SD 100, CSA [...]

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Commercial & Residential Solar Energy Installation Industry – Some Companies Growing Quickly

Inc. magazine has ranked Mercury Solar Systems as the 10th fastest growing energy company on its exclusive Inc. 500 ranking of the nation’s fastest-growing private companies. Mercury is one of the top solar integrators on the East Coast having completed over 1,000 installations totaling 12MW across its six offices. The Inc. 500 acknowledgement is testament [...]

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New Report of Interest to Solar Thermal Power Technology Investors and Manufacturers

Solar Thermal Power Market Outlook in United States (US) to 2020 – Capacity, Generation, Regulations, Major Power Plants, and Key Companies Solar Thermal Power Market Outlook in United States (US) to 2020 – Capacity, Generation, Regulations, Key Assets, and Profiles of Major Companies” gives a view of United States (US) solar thermal market and provides [...]

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New Patented Solar Thermal Energy Generator Technology for Individual and Small Commercial Applications

Kalahari Greentech, Inc. released a statement today that the company has commenced development of a Solar-Thermal Generator. Based off of a patented design, the Solar Thermal “Tri-Brid” generator uses sun power to generate electricity. Engineers are fabricating a production prototype to demonstrate the capabilities of the technology. The test unit worked as designed, and the [...]

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CSP Today International Awards open for Corporate Self Nomination – New This Year

The Awards, in their second year, recognize and promote industry excellence. From today, concentrated Solar Thermal power suppliers, developers and EPCs are able to nominate themselves to win one of the CSP Today International Awards. In order to respond to the developments over the past months in the industry, CSP Today has launched a different [...]

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Utility Scale Concentrated Solar Thermal Power the “Indian way”

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With the New Solar Mission ambitious goals that the Indian Ministry of New and Renewable Energy brought out on the 25th of July stipulating hard budgeting restrictions per MW as well as a firm schedule for starting construction of plants. With capital costs coming just over $3 million per MW, the New Solar Mission might [...]

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Analysis of Solar Energy Industry in India & Its Future Prospects – New Report Released

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“The Indian solar energy sector has been growing rapidly, in the past few years, majorly due to Government’s initiatives such as tax exemptions and subsidies and depleting energy sources”. Due to technical potential of 5,000 trillion kWh per year and minimum operating cost, Solar Power is considered the best suited energy source for India. Today [...]

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City of Lancaster, BYD and KB Home provide a look into the future of energy efficiency

The City of Lancaster, BYD and KB Home today announced the completion of a new earth-friendly prototype home utilizing BYD’s solar, battery and LED Lighting systems. During the grand opening event to be held today at KB Home’s Alamosa community in West Lancaster, the three parties, who began working on this futuristic home just a [...]

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New Deadline Invites More Clean Energy Projects to Break Ground in U.S.

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 [...]

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World’s Largest Solar Thermal Electric Project -One Step Closer to Bringing More than 1,000 Construction Jobs to California

BrightSource Energy, Inc., developer of utility-scale solar thermal power plants, announced today that a California Energy Commission siting committee issued a proposed decision recommending approval of BrightSource’s Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System. The proposed decision moves BrightSource one step closer to commencing construction of the 392 megawatt project. When constructed, Ivanpah will be the world’s [...]

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Solar Thermal and PV Power Applications for Residential & Commercial to grow by over 30%

Hybrid Energy reports today the continuing appreciation in the market value and income potential of its Photovoltaic (PV) and Solar Thermal technology recently acquired as part of the $18M Technology Transfer Agreement and Joint Development Agreement with KS IP Holdings, LLC. In its recent report ‘United States PV Market 2010,’ published July 26th, Solarbuzz forecasts [...]

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Solar Energy Targets included in Delaware’s Expanded Renewable Energy Portfolio

Gov. Jack A. Markell, D-Del., has signed into law four renewable energy bills that constitute the Clean Energy Jobs package, which is designed to expand employment in renewable energy and put protections in place for ratepayers. The bills will facilitate the potential installation of approximately 250 MW of new solar photovoltaic systems by 2025, according [...]

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California Concentrated Solar Energy Systems company Expands – Moves Operations

Energy Innovations, Inc., a producer of concentrated solar energy systems, today opened its new 60,000 square-foot headquarters in Poway, Calif. The new facility, which was relocated from Idealab in Pasadena, Calif., will house the company’s corporate offices, design center and global manufacturing operations. In recognition of the move, the company held a ribbon-cutting ceremony today [...]

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