
Stabilizing, Strengthening and Transforming the Grid through Energy Storage January 10-12, 2012 in Phoenix, AZ This practical, hands-on event will enable delegates to discuss key challenges in new regulatory changes, issues with storage cost, new technologies and future of Smart Grid. This is a “must-attend” conference for industry leaders to gain a much stronger understanding [...]

Louroux setting up 25MW Solar PV plant in Gujarat, India Louroux Bio Energies Ltd, India, is setting up 25MW Solar PV power generation project in Gujarat, under the Gujarat State Solar Policy 2009. For this purpose, it has signed a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Ltd (GUVNL), a Government of Gujarat [...]

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates-The Secretary of State of the United States of America, Hon. Hillary Rodham Clinton, recently delivered a speech at the Masdar Institute of Science and Technology campus – the Middle East’s first graduate research institution dedicated to innovations in clean energy located at Masdar City – affirming the strong relationship between [...]

CSP Today has launched the 2nd Concentrated Solar Thermal Power Summit India which will address the main industry challenges and provide a powerful forum for international and local participants. The event, hosted in New Delhi, will take place on the 12th and 13th of April at The LaLit Hotel. Companies from the whole CSP value [...]

INTERSOLAR INDIA, a 3 day International Exhibition on Photovoltaics and Solar Thermal Technologies will commence its second edition of India’s International Conference and Exhibition for the Solar Industry at the Bombay Exhibition Centre, Mumbai from 14th to 16th December, 2010.

BrightSource Energy to join the 4th International Concentrated Solar Thermal Power Summit as speakers This year in Sevilla, on November 15 to 17, over 700 people will get together next month to network & discuss with other experts of the CSP industry. Charles Rickter, Sr Vice President of BrightSource Energy (USA) will join a 50 [...]

Interest in renewable energy and particularly Solar Thermal Power Technology is growing around the world as consumers, industry and governments strive to reduce their dependence on fossil fuels. Concern over global climate change is maybe less of a driving force than environmental stewardship ; thank you British Petroleum for an unforgettable example of how not [...]
International PV experts gather in San Jose Nov 30 –Dec 1 to discuss how to drive down LCOE and boost MW output through improved balance of systems engineering. What is the future for utility scale solar? According to recent reports and commitment from utilities in the Southwest and East coast USA, the future is optimistic. [...]
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Concentrated Solar Power cooling options: Workarounds for water scarcity Ahead of the CSP Yield Optimization Conference & Expo in Denver (October 27-28), CSP Today speaks to Babul Patel, senior consultant at Nexant Inc., about the cost implication of plant cooling options and how to operate plants effectively under increasingly stringent water restrictions. CSP Today: For [...]
A solar installation planned for Salt Lake City’s Calvin L. Rampton Salt Palace Convention Center will have 2.6 megawatts of capacity – enough to make it the nation’s largest rooftop array. At present, the biggest rooftop solar power system is located at a FedEx distribution center in New Jersey. More than bragging rights are at [...]
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For CSP development the most suitable land with environmental resources are under the control of the US Bureau of Land Management. Add this to the aggressive RPS state targets across the Southwest USA and it makes it an ideal location for CSP developments.Despite this natural fit, actually securing BLM land is not easy, and it [...]
Following a popular vote among peers and conference attendees at the Fourth Concentrated Solar Power Summit for the first US CSP Today Industry Awards, the Stirling Energy Systems (SES) SunCatcher technology was honored with the Best Commercialized Technological Innovation Award. SES received the award for its SunCatcher technology advancements that led to its commercialization in [...]
Infocast is holding its 3rd Annual Utility Scale Solar Summit on September 13-15, 2010 in San Diego CA. The Utility Scale Solar Summit is the business hub where decision–makers (project developers, technology providers, utilities, investors, lenders, EPC contractors and other influential industry players) who are rapidly expanding the utility scale project pipeline, come to work [...]