Loral Evaluating Solar Array Deployment Delay

Loral Space & Communications Inc. (NASDAQ: LORL) today announced that its subsidiary, Space Systems/Loral (SS/L), is evaluating a delayed South solar array deployment on a satellite that it built for Intelsat S.A., which was launched early Friday morning.

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Leader in Concentrated Solar PV Technology Prepares for Growth

GreenVolts Expands Management Team with Appointment of Sales and Market Development Executives GreenVolts, a leader in the development and commercialization of concentrating photovoltaic (CPV) technology, today introduced Mike Doman as its Vice President of Sales and Scott Shoults as its Vice President of Business Development. Mr. Doman joins GreenVolts with more than 20 years of [...]

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New Solar Energy Technology Developed by Florida State University Coming to Florida

More Solar Energy Coming to Tallahassee The City of Tallahassee has agreed to purchase 1MW (megawatt) of renewable energy from two locally owned companies, using innovative and cost-effective technology. This will complement the City’s clean energy portfolio and create new jobs. The companies, SunnyLand Solar, LLC and SolarSink, LLC manufacture components and install new solar [...]

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Mozambican National Energy Fund Launches Tender for Rural Electrification

Maputo, Mozambique, 4 Dec – The Mozambican National Energy Fund (Funae) has launched an international tender for the electrification of some facilities at the administrative post of Chilembene, in Gaza province, the Mozambican press reported. Under the terms of the announcement published by Funae, an arm of the Energy Ministry, the plan is to provide [...]

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Evacuated Solar Tube System Collector System Announced for Los Angeles Air Force Base

SunMaxx Solar announced this week that the company will soon be starting a large military base solar thermal system installation at the Los Angeles Air Force Base in Los Angeles, California. Scheduled to be completed by the middle of 2011, the installation will be for a domestic hot water and space heating system, and will [...]

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What is the Ontario Solar Thermal Heating Incentive Program

For our Ontario residents interested in installing solar thermal on their home or business, we looked up the details of the Ontario Solar Thermal Heating Incentive Program (OSTHI) Promoting the development of renewable energy is a key component of the Ontario Government’s plan to build a cleaner, sustainable energy future for Ontario. Through the Ontario [...]

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Largest Operating Photovoltaic Generating Plant opens in Sarnia, Ontario

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 [...]

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The Truth about Coal , its Just Gets Better!

More evidence that the hidden cost of our addiction to cheap electricity generated from the burning of powdered coal is not in our long term best interest. This time the environmental close call comes not offshore from deepwater oil wells but hundreds of miles inland from the coast , near Wilmington, North Carolina. A toxic [...]

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CSP Today International Awards open for Corporate Self Nomination – New This Year

The Awards, in their second year, recognize and promote industry excellence. From today, concentrated Solar Thermal power suppliers, developers and EPCs are able to nominate themselves to win one of the CSP Today International Awards. In order to respond to the developments over the past months in the industry, CSP Today has launched a different [...]

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Solar Millennium AG issues new corporate bond for the development and realization of large solar power plants in the US

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 [...]

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AMG affiliate Timminco to form joint venture with Dow Corning at Becancour Silicon Metal Facilities

AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS, AMG Advanced Metallurgical Group N.V.’s (“AMG”, EURONEXT AMSTERDAM: “AMG”) publicly listed affiliate, Timminco Limited (“Timminco”) /quotes/comstock/11t!e:tim (CA:TIM 0.57, 0.00, 0.00%) announced today that it has agreed to form a joint venture with Dow Corning Corporation (“Dow Corning”) at its silicon metal production facilities in Becancour, Quebec. Dow Corning will acquire a 49% equity [...]

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What is the National Solar Thermal Test Facility?

Operated by Sandia National Laboratories for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), the National Solar Thermal Test Facility (NSTTF) is the only test facility of this type in the United States. The primary goal of the NSTTF is to provide experimental engineering data for the design, construction, and operation of unique components and systems in [...]

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What is Solar Thermal Electricity?

Solar thermal energy is a technology for harnessing solar energy for thermal energy (heat). Solar thermal collectors are defined by the USA Energy Information Administration as low-, medium-, or high-temperature collectors. Low temperature collectors are flat plates generally used to heat swimming pools. Medium-temperature collectors are also usually flat plates but are used for creating [...]

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