First Solar to Develop Utility Scales Solar Plants in Indonesia

JAKARTA, Indonesia. First Solar, Inc and PT. Pembangkitan Jawa Bali Services  of Indonesia today signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to collaborate on the delivery of 100 megawatts (MW) of utility-scale solar power plants in Indonesia in order to address the growing energy demand in the country. “Indonesia has an increasingly urgent need for reliable, [...]

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Concentrated Solar Thermal Technology with Energy Storage. Now we are Talking!

Coupling Storage with High-efficiency Power Tower Technology Provides Cost-Competitive, Reliable and Dispatchable Solar Power during California’s Peak Demand Periods; Reduces Costs to California Ratepayers BrightSource Energy, Inc., a leading solar thermal technology company, today announced the addition of its SolarPLUSTM thermal energy storage capability to three of its power purchase agreements with Southern California Edison [...]

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Solar Trust of America Chooses Photovoltaic Technology Over Concentrated Solar Thermal

BLYTHE, California-Solar Trust of America, an integratedsolar energy company, today announced it will convert the first 500 MW phase of the Blythe Solar Power Project from concentrated solar power (CSP) to photovoltaic (PV) technology. When completed, the Blythe Project will have a total nominal capacity of 1,000 MW. The company identified improved PV market conditions [...]

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Producing Electricity from Any Heat Source. The Next Generation of Solar Thermal?

Solar MHD, Inc. is developing a patented new type of generating power-plant, which it describes as “a very promising new technology for electric power generation”. The technology is based on the principal of magnetohydrodynamics (MHD), which uses magnets to extract electricity from superheated charged plasmas. The technology can produce electricity from any heat source, but [...]

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Making Electricity from the Sun: Solar Thermal Power Fact Sheet

Solar Energy Fact Sheets Informative Fact Sheets about Solar Thermal Energy Solar: Solar Thermal: Making Electricity From The Sun’s Heat Solar thermal electric power plant generates heat by using lenses and reflectors to concentrate the sun’s energy. Because the heat can be stored, these plants are unique because they can generate power when it is [...]

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