Chinese Officials Visit Gemasolar Solar Thermal Plant in Spain
Gemasolar is the first commercial concentrated solar power plant with central tower receiver and molten salt storage technology.
Gemasolar is the first commercial concentrated solar power plant with central tower receiver and molten salt storage technology.
Siginik Energy Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Episolar Inc., has signed a definitive power purchase agreement (PPA) with the Electricity Company of Ghana Ltd. (ECG), the country’s second largest utility, to build a 50MW ground mounted tracking solar installation with the power produced to be purchased by the ECG for a period of 25 years.
The North American Development Bank (NADB) and SunEdison, a leading worldwide solar energy services provider and subsidiary of MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc., have signed a US$65 million loan agreement for the construction of a 20-megawatt (AC) solar park in Picture Rocks, Arizona.
Fossil fuels are finite, but the sun’s energy is inexhaustible – all of our planet’s energy resources in the form of oil, coal and natural gas add up to just 20 days of sunlight. Energy from the sun is not only a dependable long-term option but clean as well, and that is why it makes [...]
Fossil fuels are finite, but the sun’s energy is inexhaustible – all of our planet’s energy resources in the form of oil, coal and natural gas add up to just 20 days of sunlight. Energy from the sun is not only a dependable long-term option but clean as well, and that is why it makes [...]
New direct steam generation principle co-developed by DLR is used in a parabolic trough collector The solar thermal power plant fed its full output of five megawatts into the grid for the first time on 25 January 2012. This power plant went into operation at the end of last year, and is the first parabolic [...]
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 [...]
Falling module and balance of system (BOS) prices have significantly improved photovoltaic (PV) project internal rates of return (IRR) and led to an explosion in project development activities in China. According to the recently released Solarbuzz China Deal Tracker report, the non-residential PV project pipeline in China grew to 16 GW at the end of October. Solarbuzz [...]
Australia is well placed to harness solar thermal energy. Solar thermal energy is used in three main ways: solar hot water heating, production of steam for electricity generation and space heating through building design. Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â When visiting Australia there are manySydney hotels to choose from. Of all the continents, Australia has the highest average amount of [...]
A broad range of new products derived from advances in 3M’s core technologies offer innovative products and processes to glass makers. “3M’s unique technologies are opening new possibilities to the world of glass that were not possible in the past for architects and glass makers†3M is highlighting three new films for solar control, decorative, [...]
Deliberate alteration of the Earth’s environment by humans on a large scale to counter the effects of climate change and in some cases to avoid having to reduce carbon emissions, could be called ‘moral corruption’ according to a leading Australian ethicist. Professor Clive Hamilton from the Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics (CAPPE) will [...]
Solarcentury installs a 5 megawatts solar park in Great Britain using SolarMax inverters One of the largest solar parks in Great Britain has sprung up on Mingay Farm in Cambridgeshire. The British company Solarcentury installed the 14 hectare park with an output of five megawatts. In the County of Cambridgeshire solar radiation is good, comparable [...]
Fitch to Rate Genesis Solar, LLC’s Non-guaranteed Debt at ‘A-’; Neg and Guaranteed Debt at ‘AAA’ The Genesis Solar Project consists of two 125-MW (net) parabolic trough solar fields and corresponding power blocks. The project is located in Sonoran Desert, near Blythe, CA and is to be connected to the Southern California Edison (SCE) and [...]
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