Abengoa has signed an agreement with Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) and formalized a strategic partnership to jointly undertake Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) projects in India. This agreement is wide-ranging, covering joint supply and implementation of CSP plants through EPC contracts (Engineering, Procurement and Construction). It also includes analysis of new areas of co-operation outside [...]
The European Union’s (EU) 27 countries will exceed their target of meeting 20% of gross final energy consumption from renewable sources by 2020, according to an analysis from the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA). The National Action Plans presented by EWEA show that one-third (34%) of EU electricity demand will be supplied from renewables by [...]
One of the important activities of the Ministry of New & Renewable Energy during 2010 was the organization of Delhi International Renewable Energy Conference (DIREC 2010), which took place from 27-29 October 2010 in New Delhi, India. Its main theme was ‘Upscaling and Mainstreaming Renewables for Energy Security, Climate Change and Economic Development’. over 13,000 [...]
DOE to Fund up to $50 Million to Demonstrate Innovative, Cost-Competitive Solar Energy Technologies Energy Secretary Steven Chu has announced the Department’s intent to fund up to $50 million to test and demonstrate innovative technologies that will lead to cost-competitive solar energy technologies.
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 [...]
France To Temporarily Stop New Photovoltaic Projects Following a meeting with key cabinet members, French Prime Minister Francois Fillon has announced that the country will temporarily halt the registration of new PV projects. Domestic installations under 3 kW will not be affected by the ruling. The photovoltaic market in France has developed much more rapidly [...]
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SkyFuel’s Parabolic Trough Garners Prize for Technology Innovation SkyFuel took its place among the concentrating solar power (CSP) industry’s leaders last week when CSP Today named SkyTrough® the winner of the 2010 “CSP Commercialized Technology Innovation of the Year” award. Announced at last week’s International CSP Summit in Seville, the award is intended to highlight [...]
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 [...]
SHEC Energy Corporation and Cleanergy have signed an MOU for the joint development of a high-efficiency solar Stirling engine. SHEC Energy’s high-efficiency solar receiver technology will be coupled with Cleanergy’s proven Stirling Engine technology to develop the world’s most advanced Solar Stirling Engine offering. Engineers from both SHEC Energy and Cleanergy gave design approval to [...]
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 [...]
SkyFuel announced today that their ReflecTech® Mirror Film, used in the SkyTrough® parabolic trough concentrating solar collector, has surpassed the 20 year weathering mark, demonstrating long term durability against ultraviolet (UV) radiation. The testing, which was conducted in the National Renewable Energy Lab’s (NREL) Ultra-Accelerated Weathering Station (UAWS), is ongoing and is expected to reach [...]
Sopogy, Inc., a leader in micro Concentrated Solar Power (MicroCSP(TM)) technology, will be supplying its proprietary solar thermal collectors for a five-megawatt MicroCSP plant, which broke ground on October 27 in the Kalaeloa district of Oahu — marking the largest CSP project in Hawaii. The Kalaeloa Solar One project is a partnership between the State [...]
Will India be a bigger concentrated solar thermal power than China? Last year there was very little talk of India becoming one of the biggest markets for CSP. Today the question on everybody’s lips is: Will India be a bigger CSP power than China? As the founder of CSP Today and organizer of the 1st [...]
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