Home of the Future could Make Homeowners Money while Producing Clean Energy

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The 234-year-old Philadelphia Navy Yard—which has morphed from defunct naval shipyard to bustling business district—is going through yet another metamorphosis: into an energy-efficient campus. State and federal officials decided that the 200 office buildings—a mix of historic and new structures occupied by organizations from the Department of Defense to Urban Outfitters—and the fact that is [...]

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Does California’s Economic Future depend on Concentrated Solar Thermal Technology?

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 [...]

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List of Nine Solar Thermal Projects that bring Green Jobs and Clean Energy to California

The California Energy Commission approved the construction of the Abengoa Mojave Solar Project, the second solar thermal project to be licensed in California in as many weeks which is good news for the solar thermal power industry and green job seekers. These clean energy plants will require hundreds of construction jobs and full time operational [...]

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A Pair of 50 Megawatt Concentrated Solar Thermal Power Plants in Your Backyard?

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Abengoa Solar partners with JGC Corporation to jointly own two 50 megawatt Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) plants in Spain. The two solar plants represent a total investment of more than 500 million euros. Abengoa Solar and JGC Corporation (“JGC”) have formed a partnership to own two 50 megawatt Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) plants in El [...]

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Solar Thermal Energy Systems & PV Power Generation – Rooftop Installations at the University of Wisconsin

The University of Wisconsin Oshkosh is installing its first solar energy systems to provide the campus with electricity and hot water. This is the first wave of solar power installations that will soon be commonplace on the campus. A photovoltaic array has been installed on a popular walkway adjacent to the campus tennis courts. The [...]

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School District Estimates $5.5 Million in Cost Savings – Biulding States Largest Solar Energy Project

Premier Power Renewable Energy, Inc., a global leader in the development, design, engineering, and construction of solar power systems for commercial, government, and utility markets in the United States and Europe, REgeneration Finance, LLC, an experienced solar developer and financier that works with school districts, universities, municipalities, and commercial businesses throughout the United States, and [...]

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Saving Money on Your Home Energy Bill – Major Effort Announced in Weatherization

At an event with homeowners and workers who benefited from the program, today in Manchester, New Hampshire, Vice President Joe Biden announced a major Recovery Act milestone—the weatherizing of 200,000 homes under the Recovery Act. As a result of the Administration’s unprecedented commitment to energy efficiency, more than 200,000 low-income families have been able to [...]

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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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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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Solnova 4- Parabolic Trough Solar Power Trough Plant Passes 3 Days Operations Test

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Abengoa Solar Reaches Total of 193 Megawatts Operating Abengoa Solar’s third parabolic trough solar power plant, Solnova 4, successfully passed its three day production and operation tests. Commercial operation of this plant came days after receiving a conditional commitment for a loan guarantee from the U.S. Department of Energy for Abengoa Solar’s 280 MW plant [...]

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Stirling Energy Solar Thermal SunCatcherTM System Wins Best Commercialized Technological Innovation Award

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 [...]

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SunPower Corp and Solar Ventures to Biuld 3 Solar Parks in Italy,France and the Mediterranean Area

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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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Energy Coop Ordered to Add Solar to Public Biuldings and Upgrade Coal Plant Pollution Controls

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Justice Department, and the state of Indiana announced that Hoosier Energy Rural Electric Cooperative, Inc. has agreed to pay a civil penalty of $950,000 and install and upgrade pollution control technology at its two coal-fired power plants in Indiana to resolve violations of the Clean Air Act. The [...]

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