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 [...]
A leading Arab newspaper is calling for Saudi Arabia to reconsider its stance of moving towards a clean energy future through investments in Nuclear Energy. The proposal calls for the replacement of oil and nuclear based electricity generation  with that of Solar Thermal and Concentrated Solar Energy. The Kingdom has invested $80 billion to expand [...]
3M Germany has joined the Desertec Industrial Initiative (Dii) as an associated partner. The diversified technology company, which has been constantly developing its business with renewable energies over recent years, will contribute its know-how in the area of film, adhesive and coating technology to the Desertec initiative. “We want to actively support one of the [...]
The idea that electrical energy can be generated using existing solar thermal and PV technology in the worlds deserts and cost effectively transmitted to countries in Europe to power whole cities is indeed an ambitious one. It seems that it is also worthy as the best idea for energy innovation in a sea of ideas. In [...]