Oregon Issues 11 Awards for Renewable Energy, Thermal Systems & Fuel Projects

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 [...]

Pennsylvania Invests Millions to Support Clean Solar Energy Projects;

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Solar Thermal Power Plant Components cross Europe for Andasol 3 Project

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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 [...]

Global Solar Thermal Power Developers Invited to Bid for Chinese Solar Power Projects

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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 Signs Record Solar Thermal Power Deal

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 [...]

New Concentrated Solar Power Plant for Spain

  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 [...]

Solar Thermal Generation Plant Announced for New Mexico

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 [...]

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