The Oregon Department of Energy has issued 11 awards in a competitive process to study the feasibility of specific and new renewable energy, heat, and fuel projects in Oregon. Eleven projects in nine counties received funding ranging from $20,000 to $50,000, at a total commitment level of $351,000. The purpose of the CREFF program is [...]

The condenser for the power plant block of the Andasol 3 Solar Thermal power project arrived at the building site near La Calahorra on Monday. Also the turbine for the Andasol 3 power plant has already reached the Mediterranean coast in the south of Spain. At the same time, the generator that was built in [...]

Based on a success in the Dunhuang 10MW PV (photovoltaic) power generation project, China is scheduled to invite both domestic and overseas companies to a public bidding of the solar thermal power generation project franchise this year, said an official. In particular, it will be the first solar thermal power generation project franchise bidding in [...]
BrightSource Energy has much to be proud of lately. They were the focus of an article on Solar Thermal Energy in the June 4th print edition of The Economist magazine. BrightSource has also entered into a series of contracts with California based Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) to supply 1,310 MW of solar thermal power [...]
ACCIONA Energy has started construction work on a 50 MW concentrated solar power (CSP) plant at Majadas de Tiétar (Cáceres), representing an investment of 237 million euros. The facility, planned to enter service in summer 2010, will use solar trough technology to produce clean electricity equivalent to the consumption of 30,000 homes.It is the [...]
Recently it was announced that El Paso Electric has signed a power purchase agreement for the full capacity of a 92 megawatt (MW) concentrating solar power plant to be developed in southern New Mexico by NRG Energy , a national Fortune 500 energy provider, and eSolar, a leading producer of modular, scalable solar thermal power [...]