France To Temporarily Stop New Photovoltaic Projects Following a meeting with key cabinet members, French Prime Minister Francois Fillon has announced that the country will temporarily halt the registration of new PV projects. Domestic installations under 3 kW will not be affected by the ruling. The photovoltaic market in France has developed much more rapidly [...]
Vermont gets $3.75 million in new rural renewable energy grants and loans Vermont’s Congressional Delegation – Senator Patrick Leahy (D), Senator Bernie Sanders (I) and Congressman Peter Welch (D) – reported Tuesday that 18 Vermont farms and rural businesses will share $3,750,930 in grants and loans to support energy efficiency improvements and renewable energy projects. [...]
AFP – South Africa’s plan to build what could become the world’s biggest solar project has drawn keen interest from investors even though it is still in its infancy, an official said Friday. More than 400 investors and solar industry insiders from around the world converged on the town of Upington in South Africa’s arid [...]
Iberese & Siemens CSP parabolic trough plant Lebrija I, will be visited by attendees of CSP Today Sevilla CSP Today talks to Iberese, Siemen´s other half in the construction of Lebrija I, a 50MW concentrated solar thermal Power plant in Sevilla. The relatively unknown company owns 50% of the project with giant Siemens and is [...]
Many colleges and Universities are combining the educational opportunity of installing solar thermal heating systems on their campus with the practical opportunity to save money on their heating bills all while reducing their CO2 footprint. Solar thermal hotwater technology is improving very quickly with systems showing a financial payback in less time. Engineering and science [...]
Fixed interest rate of 6.5% p.a. for five-year bonds Issue proceeds to be primarily used to pre-finance components for the realization of solar-thermal power plants in the US US is a growth market for solar-thermal power plants with excellent conditions – by 2020 every third kilowatt-hour in California to be generated from renewable energy sources [...]
SunPower Corporation, a manufacturer of high-efficiency solar cells, solar panels, and solar systems, today announced it has completed a 505-kilowatt solar power installation for Horizon Power, a government-owned utility providing power to remote and regional communities and resource operations in Western Australia. The ground-mounted SunPower T20 Tracker installation is located on two sites, Marble Bar [...]
The Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE conducts research on small and medium-sized solar thermal power plants that can quickly make an important contribution to sustainable energy supply. Concentrating collectors generate temperatures up to 400 degrees Celsius, with a varied benefits : electricity , refrigeration and industrial process heat. Solar thermal power plants over [...]
Capstone Turbine Corporation , one of the world’s leading clean technology manufacturer of microturbine energy systems, announced recently that HelioFocus and Capstone successfully demonstrated a product converting sunlight to electricity with a solar receiver driving a microturbine. The demonstration was conducted with a Capstone C65 microturbine by HelioFocus and Capstone on a fixed optical tower using [...]
SunPower Corp. (Nasdaq: SPWRA, SPWRB) and Solar Ventures S.r.l., a developer of solar parks in Italy, France and the Mediterranean area, today announced that they have signed a contract to design and build three solar power plants in the Piedmont region of Italy. Totaling 11.1 megawatts over 30 hectares, the development represents one of the [...]
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Justice Department, and the state of Indiana announced that Hoosier Energy Rural Electric Cooperative, Inc. has agreed to pay a civil penalty of $950,000 and install and upgrade pollution control technology at its two coal-fired power plants in Indiana to resolve violations of the Clean Air Act. The [...]
LadyBug Resource Group has announced that its subsidiary, New Solar Electricity Corporation, is developing a novel solar concentrator called “Solar Tracer,” which will use concentrating solar power technology to capture energy from the sun and transfer it in the form of heat to run steam turbine generators. The company believes that its Solar Tracer will [...]
Developing CSP projects in the US is a very challenging business, and the stages involved from getting it from the drawing board to construction phase, on average take up to 4 years. The secret to success is based upon essential pillars being in place. These pillars are 1) CSP site secured 2)Connected to transmission line [...]
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
Thai Deputy Prime Minister Yongyuth Wichaidit Pushes Start Button at First Solar Thermal Power Plant in Thailand
Thai Deputy Prime Minister Yongyuth Wichaidit pushes start button at first solar thermal power plant in Thailand built with Solarlite’s unique technology
New Concentrated Solar Thermal Technology Uses Considerably Resources than any Other CSP technology
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