SkyFuel, Inc. has confirmed plans to enter the solar thermal market in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) with their high performance parabolic trough collector, and seeks local partners to establish its presence there. SkyTrough® is the optimum technology solution for the recently announced concentrating solar power (CSP) market program promoted by the King Abdullah [...]
Element Power Solar has announced that it has completed the successful sale of two solar parks with a combined capacity of 6MW to funds managed by alternative asset manager Foresight Group (Foresight). The projects, Puriton West (4MW) and Summerway Drove (1.8MW) developed by Element Power Solar in partnership with Dublin-based BNRG Renewables, were constructed and [...]
BrightSource Energy, Inc., a leading solar thermal technology company, has named Richard “Dick†Kelly as Chairman of the company’s Board of Directors. Kelly is the former Chairman and CEO of Xcel Energy, and brings more than four decades of experience in the electricity generation and public utility industry to his role at BrightSource. “Dick has [...]
CEWA Technologies, Inc., of Bethlehem,Pennsylvania is installing its revolutionary new solar dish in its first commercial application. The structural base for the prototype was erected on the rooftop of the Flat Iron building in Southside Bethlehem on January 14 as its initial test site. This solar dish represents a technological breakthrough because it provides thermal [...]
UTRECHT, Netherlands. GreenPeak Technologies, a leading fabless semiconductor company, today announced a wireless monitoring and control system solution for solar panel installations that will allow individual panel parameter tracking and control. Photovoltaic solar panels are increasing in popularity and users need accurate information of their solar energy installation. Currently, most residential solar panel systems only [...]
More than one gigawatt (GW) of rooftop solar photovoltaic capacity has been installed in California, according to a recent report from the Environment California Research & Policy Center. Fueled by falling solar prices, California’s Million Solar Roofs Initiative is on track to achieve its goal of three GWs of installed solar capacity by 2016. The [...]
Washington, DC: Using forest timber for heating, electricity generation or liquid ‘biofuel’ could severely harm forests and accelerate global warming, according to a new report from Greenpeace. The new study, entitled ‘Fuelling a BioMess’, contradicts industry assertions that this kind of ‘biomass’ fuel is clean and carbon neutral. The science behind the report shows how [...]
Australia is well placed to harness solar thermal energy. Solar thermal energy is used in three main ways: solar hot water heating, production of steam for electricity generation and space heating through building design. Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â When visiting Australia there are manySydney hotels to choose from. Of all the continents, Australia has the highest average amount of [...]
Most Arkansas residents are aware of the main sources of renewable energy available today: Wind, Solar, Geothermal, Biofuel and Hydroelectric. When asked most would probably envision vast wind swept hills covered with wind mills, hundreds of acres of desert packed with solar collectors, or a few photovoltaic cells on the roof of their house. Of [...]
 US venture capital (VC) investment in cleantech companies decreased by 44% to $1.1 billion in Q2 2011 compared to Q2 2010, while deals fell 12% to 68, according to an Ernst & Young LLP analysis based on data from Dow Jones VentureSource.  The decline in cleantech investment in Q2 2011 comes in comparison to the [...]
Energy Secretary Steven Chu last week announced a $17.1 million loan guarantee has been finalized for the AES Westover facility. The loan guarantee will support the construction of a 20 MW energy storage system using advanced lithium-ion batteries. The AES project, located in Johnson City, New York, will help provide a more stable and efficient [...]
AES Is First Battery-Based Energy Storage Project to Finalize Loan Guarantee Washington D.C. — Energy Secretary Steven Chu this week announced a $17.1 million loan guarantee has been finalized for the AES Westover facility. The loan guarantee will support the construction of a 20 megawatt (MW) energy storage system using advanced lithium-ion batteries. The AES [...]
Renewable energy generates close to 2% of electricity in UK. In 2008, UK’s electricity generation totaled 389,650GWh, a decrease of 1.9% over 2007. During 2004–08, UK’s electricity generation decreased at CAGR of 0.3% mainly on account of financial crisis. At a national level, the ‘UK Renewable Energy Strategy’ (2009) suggests that the UK’s electricity generation [...]
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