Completion of Molten Salt Solar Reciever Sets Milestone in Nevada Solar Thermal Power Project

SolarReserve’s U.S. developed technology represents leading solar thermal technology worldwide integrated energy storage provides reliable and zero-emissions electricity, day or night SANTA MONICA, California. April, 2013 SolarReserve, a U.S. developer of large-scale solar power projects, today announced completion of the assembly of the molten salt receiver panels that sits on top of the 540 foot solar power tower for its [...]

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The Project to Build the Two Largest Solar Thermal Power Towers in the World

Seville, Spain – March, 2013 Abengoa, the international company that applies innovative technology solutions for sustainable development in the energy and environment sectors, and BrightSource Energy, a leading concentrating solar thermal technology company, today signed an agreement to jointly develop, build and operate the world’s two largest solar power towers in California. As joint partners, [...]

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BrightSource Energy’s Power Tower Technology Selected by Sasol for South African Solar Power Plant Design

Leading global energy and chemicals company completing a front-end engineering and design (FEED) study for utility-scale solar power plant using BrightSource technology OAKLAND, California-BrightSource Energy, Inc., a leading solar thermal technology company, today announced that Sasol has selected BrightSource’s power tower solar thermal technology following a worldwide review of solar technologies. Under the agreement, BrightSource [...]

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Three Solar Thermal Power Towers Proposed for California

 BrightSource Energy, Inc., a leading solar thermal technology company, has filed an Application for Certification (AFC) with the California Energy Commission to develop three 250 megawatt (nominal) solar power tower plants (750 megawatts combined) in California’s Riverside County. The power towers, which will be located primarily on land owned by the Metropolitan Water District, will collectively [...]

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Chevron/Brightsource Solar-to-Steam Demonstration Facility

Chevron Technology Ventures and BrightSource have partnered to build the world’s largest solar thermal enhanced oil recovery demonstration facility. The 29 megawatts thermal solar-to-steam facility will support enhanced oil recovery efforts at Chevron’s oil field in Coalinga, California. The solar facility demonstrates solar thermal technology’s ability to cleanly and cost-effectively support enhanced oil recovery efforts [...]

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Solar Thermal Power Tower Company:BrightSource

BrightSource Energy, Inc. designs, develops and sells solar thermal power systems that deliver reliable, clean energy to utilities and industrial companies. The BrightSource Energy team blends internationally-renowned solar thermal technical experience with world-class finance and project development capabilities. BrightSource’s LPT solar thermal system is designed to minimize impact to the environment and help customers reduce [...]

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Rocketdyne to Supply Critical Hardware for Concentrated Solar Power Towers for Clean, Reliable Electricity

Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne has received a contract from SolarReserve to supply critical hardware for its first commercial-scale power tower project with fully integrated energy storage. The 110-megawatt Crescent Dunes Solar Energy Project, to be built near Tonopah, Nevada, will use molten salt thermal energy storage technology to provide clean, reliable electricity to about 75,000 [...]

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BrightSource’s Two New Solar Thermal Plants to Create Thousands of Jobs

BRIGHTSOURCE ENERGY FILES APPLICATION FOR CERTIFICATION FOR Next-generation power tower plant design sets the bar in land-efficiency for utility-scale solar technologies Project to create thousands of jobs and hundreds of millions in state and local tax revenue BrightSource Energy, Inc., a leading solar thermal technology company, has filed an Application for Certification (AFC) with the [...]

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Leading Developer of Concentrating Solar Thermal Power Technology Partners with G.E. Energy

eSolar, a leading developer of modular, scalable concentrating solar thermal power technology, announced today that in addition to its licensing agreement with GE Energy, GE  has closed a strategic investment in the company. As part of the deal Paul Browning, president and CEO of Thermal Products, for GE Energy, will join the eSolar board of [...]

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Next-Generation Solar Power Tower Plant Design Sets the Bar in Land Efficiency for Utility-Scale Solar Technologies

Project to create thousands of jobs and hundreds of millions in state and local tax revenue BrightSource Energy, Inc., a leading solar thermal technology company, has filed an Application for Certification (AFC) with the California Energy Commission for the development of two 250 megawatt (nominal) solar power plants (500 megawatts combined) in California’s Inyo County. [...]

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New Player Joins EnviroMission’s Arizona Solar Tower Development Team

‘Faithful+Gould Joins EnviroMission Arizona Solar Tower Team’ for EnviroMission Limited (OTCQX: EVOMY), and Faithful+Gould in the United States, follows this cover to confirm the appointment of Faithful+Gould to EnviroMission’s Arizona Solar Tower development team. Faithful+Gould (www.fgould.com) is a North America-based construction consulting and program management company with world renowned projects including the New York World [...]

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GE Granted Exclusive License for Deployment of Solar Thermal Tower Technology

HOUSTON, TEXAS—GE Energy announced today that it has entered into an investment and licensing agreement with California-based eSolar that enables GE (NYSE: GE) to deploy Integrated Solar Combined Cycle (ISCC) technology to customers worldwide.

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Molten Salt Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) Tower Generating Facility

Washington D.C. — U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu today announced the offer of a conditional commitment for a $737 million loan guarantee to support a 110 megawatt molten salt concentrating solar power (CSP) tower generating facility.

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