Effective February 1, 2012, Shmuel Fledel (58) will become CEO of the Solar Thermal Energy Business Unit in the Solar & Hydro Division of Siemens Energy. Fledel is an aeronautical engineer and has vast experience in production process improvement. He has profound knowledge of engineering, finance and marketing, which he gained in various high-level management [...]
CSP Today reveals the important steps Indian developers are taking to meet the JNNSM deadline in May 2013. In December 2010 the Phase I bidding process of the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM) in India was completed with more than sixty companies submitting bids. The reverse bidding mechanism that was introduced under the JNNSM [...]
Solar cooling, at first, sounds like a paradox. How can something so hot be responsible for producing cold? Through careful exploitation of thermodynamic principles, these systems utilize solar heat energy to fuel a cooling process. Energy is always lost to the surroundings whenever it changes form. So instead of transforming solar heat energy into electricity, [...]
Solar power can be used in many extraordinary ways. One of the most majestic applications of solar thermal energy is the solar furnace. These are enormous installations that make use of solar thermal energy for extreme high heat processes (temperatures as high as 3500oC/6330oF). The technology is wonderful for high temperature researchers; the heat produced [...]
This autumn a new public swimming hall in Pori, Finland, will open. What makes the swimming hall special is that it has the largest solar thermal energy solution in Finland installed. SONNENKRAFT International has delivered the solution in close collaboration with the Finnish partners Alternative Solutions Finland Oy and Luvata. Finland is a market with [...]
China’s first solar thermal trade fair to boast authoritative government backing To keep up with the country’s growing thirst for energy, the National Alliance for Solar Thermal Energy overseen by the Ministry of Science and Technology in China has officially banded with the China Electricity Council (CEC) as well as German trade fair organizer Koelnmesse [...]
In October, Eneref Institute published a compilation of solar thermal case studies in Reeves Journal, a leading trade magazine, featuring various successful solar heating projects from across the west The story, primarily targeting plumbers who operate in that region, highlights the opportunities for solar heating in commercial and residential applications. Highlighted case studies identified in [...]
The Solar Thermal Energy Equipment Manufacturing industry will gain ground over the next five years, according to IBISWorld, the nation’s largest publisher of industry research. Industry revenue is set to grow to $273.1 million in the five years to 2016. Revenue growth will slow down as the positive effects of the manufacturing tax credit end. [...]
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. When visiting Australia there are manySydney hotels to choose from. Of all the continents, Australia has the highest average amount of [...]
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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 [...]
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In June 2008, BrightSource Energy opened the Solar Energy Development Center (SEDC), a fully operational solar demonstration facility used to test equipment, materials and procedures as well as construction and operating methods. The SEDC is located in the Rotem Industrial Park in Israel’s Negev Desert, about 100km (60 miles) southeast of Jerusalem. The SEDC is [...]
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Using solar thermal energy to power an air conditioning unit can be difficult and expensive. But a team of researchers at the University of California, Merced, have added a game-changing advance to the process that could make it much simpler, less costly and more effective. UC Merced Professor Roland Winston and his team of student [...]
OAKLAND, California. BrightSource Energy, Inc., a leading solar thermal technology company, today added three new energy sector veterans to its management team. I look forward to working with our new team members as we build on the company’s many accomplishments and continue setting the bar globally for the utility-scale solar industry. The newest members of [...]
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