The world is quickly changing from fossils fuels to preparation for a clean energy future based largely on solar energy. Whether it is solar thermal ,concentrated solar power,solar hot water ,heating and cooling or photovoltaic technology (PV solar) experts and trained personnel will be in demand. Solar Thermal and PV companies will soon be struggling to [...]
Ice Energy, a leading provider of advanced energy storage solutions to the electric utility industry, has announced an agreement with Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) (NYSE: SAI) that will extend the company’s Ice Bear distributed energy storage offering to U.S. Federal Government agencies and the military. Leveraging SAIC’s market reach and expertise, the agreement with [...]
The replacement of fossil fuels is not just a concern for the environment as global warming consequences unfold around the world. Countries such as the U.S. are realizing that an energy policy that encompasses home grown renewable energy is a matter of national security. Concentrated Solar Power and Solar Thermal technologies such as heating,cooling and [...]
Companies striving to build a stronger solar energy industry throughout Pennsylvania are converging on Harrisburg to persuade lawmakers to pass House Bill 2405 by sharing personal stories and demonstrating the role that tax incentives and state grants are playing in creating new, sustainable, good-paying jobs and helping homeowners and businesses better control their electricity costs. [...]
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 [...]
Victor Valley College in Victorville, California and SolFocus recently held a grand opening ceremony for the largest solar power plant in North America using concentrator photovoltaic (CPV) systems. After two months of construction, the one megawatt solar power plant is now providing clean power to Victor Valley College in Victorville, California. The SolFocus CPV technology employs a [...]
Governments both federal and local need to lead by example when it comes to the adoption of clean energy and particularily promote research and development of solar thermal technology. When it comes to rooftop commercial solar thermal hotwater systems we tend to think of the warmer climates nearer to the equator, however recent advancements in the technology [...]
A week before Intersolar Europe opens its doors in Munich, ESTIF- the European Solar Thermal Industry Federation – releases latest market statistics and trends Following an outstanding growth in 2008, the European solar thermal market decreased by 10% in 2009. For the second year in a row, over 4 million square metres of solar collector [...]
LOS ANGELES –– Registration has opened for Solar Power International 2010, the largest business-to-business solar conference and expo in North America. Presented by Solar Electric Power Association (SEPA) and Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), Solar Power International 2010 takes place October 12 – 14 at the Los Angeles Convention Center. As the premier U.S. event [...]
Tucson, Ariz. – Tucson Electric Power (TEP) has agreed to purchase the output of 10 new solar power systems, a landfill gas generation project and a new wind farm that together would generate nearly 160 megawatts (MW), enough renewable energy to power more than 30,000 Tucson homes. TEP has submitted the agreements to the Arizona [...]
A new report from the EIA gives a sobering forecast of the world wide increase in energy consumption that will likely occur in the next 25 years. In light of our troubles trying to fulfill our recession economies need for oil and the ends that that oil and coal demand has driven us this forecast becomes [...]
SkyFuel’s ReflecTech division has received a 2010 Emerging Technology Award from RadTech International for the company’s collaborative development of an abrasion resistant hardcoat for ReflecTech® Mirror Film. The hardcoat adds a protective shield to the surface of ReflecTech® Mirror Film which is primarily used in utility-scale parabolic trough concentrating solar power (CSP) systems as a [...]
The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) has announced two Industry technology demonstration projects designed to help utilities add solar energy to fossil-fueled power plants that could result in reduced emissions and fuel costs. Both projects involve adding steam generated by a solar thermal field to a conventional fossil fuel-powered steam cycle to help generate electricity, [...]
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Solar Thermal Developer Solar Millennium Sells Additional Investments
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First Solar Thermal Power Plant in Southeast Asia is Fully Operational
Torresol Energy Launches Commercial Operations of Twin Solar Thermal Plants in Spain
Solar Alliance and SEIA Merge to Establish U.S. Solar policies at the State Level
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