(Phoenix, AZ) – Science Foundation Arizona (SFAz) has announced the use of a $1 million grant for a project to make large-scale solar electricity generation more cost-effective. Pioneered by internationally recognized and celebrated University of Arizona (UA) researcher Roger Angel, the “energy telescope” project uses principals of optics and large telescope design in an innovative way [...]
Solergy, Inc., developers of the next generation of high concentrated photovoltaic technology (HCPV), have announced at a press conference in Milan the their launch and introduction of two unique flagship products: Solergy CPV and Solergy Cogen CPV ™.
SolarReserve, a U.S. developer of utility-scale solar power projects, has received a final decision from the California Energy Commission (CEC) for construction and operation of the Rice Solar Energy Project. This approval, the key state-level permit for the 150-megawatt solar power tower project, was achieved in the record time of less than 13 months from [...]
Chromasun and Australian Research Partners Win $3.2 Million Grant From Australian Solar Institute to Develop Next Generation Solar Hybrid System Industrial rooftop solar solutions company Chromasun today announced that it has partnered with a number of leading Australian research institutions to win a $3.2 million applied research grant from the Australian Solar Institute (ASI). This [...]
Skyline Solar, a manufacturer of solar arrays, has announced that the US Patent and Trademark Office, or USPTO, has issued the company two patents which cover key aspects of Skyline Solar’s architecture. The first of the new patents (US 7,820,906), also approved through the Green Technology Pilot Program, covers the Skyline Solar HGS system’s unique [...]
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Even Small Improvements over the Next 20 Years Could Wipe Out Emissions and Deliver Electricity Savings Equivalent to 2010’s Entire Energy Output The evolution of a smarter power grid in the United States and the resulting impact it could have on the economy and environment were highlighted in a keynote address by GE’s Bob Gilligan [...]
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 [...]
Xtreme Power, a provider of Dynamic Power Resources™ (DPRs) for utility-scale power management and energy storage, today announced a collaboration with developer Castle & Cooke, Inc. to implement a 1.125 MW system on its Lana’i Island La Ola solar farm, the largest solar photovoltaic (PV) energy farm in Hawaii. Effectively incorporating solar power is essential [...]
U.S. PTO Approves Additional Patent Protection For Cyclone Power Technologies’ Green Engine Pompano Beach, FL, Sept. 14, 2010. Cyclone Power Technologies (Pink Sheets: CYPW) announced today that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has approved the company’s second overall patent on its heat-regenerative, external combustion engine. This latest action marks the seventh patent issued on [...]
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The state Public Regulation Commission (PRC) has scaled down the Public Service Company of New Mexico (PNM)’s proposed renewable energy procurement portfolio, which depended heavily on traditional photovoltaic solar electric facilities to meet state-mandated renewable energy requirements. The Commission cut PNM’s proposed construction of new solar photovoltaic plants from a proposed 84 megawatts down to [...]
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 [...]
Amonix, Inc., a leading designer and manufacturer of concentrated photovoltaic (CPV) solar power systems, has announced that it has signed a lease for a new 214,000 square foot manufacturing facility on North Pecos Road in North Las Vegas, Nevada that will bring 278 green private sector clean energy jobs to Southern Nevada. The company intends to [...]
SunPower Corp. (Nasdaq: SPWRA, SPWRB) and Solar Ventures S.r.l., a developer of solar parks in Italy, France and the Mediterranean area, today announced that they have signed a contract to design and build three solar power plants in the Piedmont region of Italy. Totaling 11.1 megawatts over 30 hectares, the development represents one of the [...]
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