Public Service Electric and Gas Company (PSE&G) and Rider University today cut the ribbon on a new .74-megawatt (MW) solar farm at the Lawrenceville, NJ school. The project is part of PSE&G’s Solar 4 All™ program, the utility’s flagship solar effort to help New Jersey reach its solar energy goals while creating jobs and fostering [...]
NEW YORK – Solar power more than doubled in New York City and Westchester County last year as Con Edison customers installed 4.5 megawatts of photovoltaic generation.
NRG Energy, Inc., through its wholly owned subsidiary, NRG Solar, will break ground by year end on the Company’s first generation site in New Mexico, the Roadrunner Solar Electric Facility, a 20 megawatt (MW) photovoltaic solar project. Power from the facility will be sold to El Paso Electric Co., under a 20-year power purchase agreement. [...]
NextEra CEO Sees Clean Energy Standards Replacing Recent Climate Proposals NextEra Inc. (NEE) Chairman and Chief Executive Lewis Hay said Monday that low natural gas prices have affected the economics of other sources of power generation, but that regulations will continue to drive the development of clean coal, wind, solar and nuclear development. “With low [...]
Ameresco, Inc., a leading comprehensive energy efficiency and renewable energy company, announced that the Company has worked with the Massachusetts State Department of Energy Resources (DOER) to sign agreements to design, construct, finance, own, and operate solar power systems on five state facilities. Under 20-year Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) with Ameresco, the state facilities will [...]
Morocco, which plans to invest $9 billion to build five solar power stations, had opted for solar thermal technology for the first unit, to be set up in the southern Ourzazate area, its solar energy agency chief said. The North African country’s government had previously not revealed which solar technology it would choose, with officials [...]
Enbridge Inc. and First Solar, Inc. have completed the expansion of the Sarnia Solar Project from 20 megawatts of capacity to 80 megawatts (MW) making it the largest operating photovoltaic facility in the world. To celebrate this milestone, Enbridge will hold a Grand Opening celebration in Sarnia, Ontario. Enbridge and First Solar representatives along with [...]
Sandia National Laboratories researchers have developed a new system to monitor how clouds affect large-scale solar photovoltaic (PV) power plants. By observing cloud shape, size and movement, the system provides a way for utility companies to predict and prepare for fluctuations in power output due to changes in weather. The resulting models will provide utility [...]
Siemens to present solutions for sustainable power supply at the World Energy Congress 2010 Siemens has announced their intentions to again take part in the World Energy Congress (WEC), held from September 12 to 16, 2010, in Montreal, Canada. This event, which takes place every three years, has become a key gathering point for the [...]
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 [...]
SACRAMENTO – The California Energy Commission this week awarded $3,507,119 to help support research on a variety of projects. Funds for the research grants come from the Commission’s Public Interest Energy Research (PIER) program. “The PIER funds are an investment in California’s clean energy future,” said Energy Commissioner Jeffrey Byron. ”The PIER program has a [...]
BrightSource Energy, Inc., developer of utility-scale solar thermal power plants, announced today that the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) issued its Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for BrightSource’s Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System. The FEIS marks a second permitting milestone reached by BrightSource’s Ivanpah project this week. On Wednesday, the company announced that a [...]
BrightSource Energy, Inc., developer of utility-scale solar thermal power plants, announced today that a California Energy Commission siting committee issued a proposed decision recommending approval of BrightSource’s Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System. The proposed decision moves BrightSource one step closer to commencing construction of the 392 megawatt project. When constructed, Ivanpah will be the world’s [...]
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