SunPower Corp. today announced that the company has broken ground on a 13.78-megawatt (DC) solar photovoltaic (PV) power system at Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake (NAWS China Lake) in California. The plant is expected to create 140 jobs during construction, and generate the equivalent of more than 30 percent of NAWS China Lake’s annual [...]
Torresol Energy, a joint venture between Masdar – Abu Dhabi’s renewable energy company and SENER – the Spanish engineering and construction firm, announced today at the World Future Energy Summit in Abu Dhabi that the Valle 1 and Valle 2 plants – two identical 50 MW parabolic trough plants, located in Cadiz, in the South [...]
In a unique, first-of-its kind generation-to-manufacturing proposal, CPS Energy is entering into negotiations for a power purchase agreement from one of the nation’s largest solar projects. The project will mean new corporate headquarters and U.S. manufacturing operations for global companies in San Antonio. The offer from OCI Solar Power is expected to result in 400 [...]
Canadian Solar Inc, one of the world’s largest solar companies, and the Ningxia Electric Power Group has announced the successful completion and grid-connection of a 10 MW ground mounted solar project, a part of a 50MW solar plant, in Hongsibao, Ningxia, in northwest China at the end of 2011. This 10 MW project consists of an [...]
SANDVIKA, Norway. REC modules were selected for a 60MW module supplier agreement with the German project developer GP JOULE for solar power plant installations in France and Germany. REC will supply 60MW for free field solar power plants managed by the project developer GP JOULE. REC Peak Energy Series Modules will be installed on a [...]
Southeast Asia’s the first solar thermal parabolic trough plant built with Solarlite’s unique technology in Southeast Asia was opened in Huaykrachao, which is located in the Thai province of Kanchanaburi. Thailand’s Deputy Prime Minister, Yongyuth Wichaidit, filled in for hospitalized Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra to give a speech at the opening of the 5 MW [...]
SOLON Corporation, one of the largest providers of turnkey solar power plants in the U.S., will build a 10-megawatt (MW) solar photovoltaic (PV) array near Kingman, Arizona, to provide affordable renewable power to customers of UniSource Energy Services (UES). SOLON will provide the energy to UES through a 20-year power purchase agreement (PPA) that allows [...]
Three New Solar Power Plants FIVE POINTS, Calif. – Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) recently dedicated three new solar photovoltaic (PV) generating stations, totaling 50 megawatts (MW), as the first phase of an innovative, five-year program to speed up the delivery of more clean energy to its customers. Congressman Jim Costa, local officials, residents, [...]
In October 2011, BrightSource Energy filed an Application for Certification with the California Energy Commission for the development of a three 250 megawatt (nominal) solar power plants (750 megawatts nominal combined) in California’s Riverside County. If approved, the Rio Mesa Solar Electric Generating Facility (SEGF) will use BrightSource’s proprietary LPT solar thermal energy system and [...]
Lincoln Renewable Energy (LRE), a developer of U.S. solar and wind projects, and Solar Power Technologies (SPT), a leader in intelligent monitoring and optimization for large scale solar arrays, have announced their plans to install SPT’s Clarity(TM) monitoring and optimization system in one of the largest solar facilities in the country. Solar Power Technologies will [...]
Start of construction of the Blythe solar power plant could come as early as 2013 Solar Millennium AG, Erlangen and solarhybrid AG, Brilon will pave the way for the construction of major solar power plants in the US starting in 2013. In the evening from Wednesday to Thursday, the companies conditionally agreed that solarhybrid will [...]
Two days before a looming deadline, the U.S. Energy Department finalized two loan guarantees for solar power plants in Nevada and Arizona. One deal, a $737 million loan guarantee for Solar Reserve LLC, paves the way for construction of the 110-megawatt Crescent Dunes Solar Energy facility, which will use an array of mirrors to focus [...]
This week, Mr. Hannes Kuhn informed the Executive Board of Solar Millennium AG that he will resign from the company’s Supervisory Board with immediate effect. Mr. Kuhn explained his decision in a personal statement, which is enclosed in this press release. A successor for Mr. Kuhn will be announced in due time. The Executive Board [...]
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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