Cool Energy, Inc., a developer of clean energy heat and power generating systems, today announced that Xcel Energy will be providing research and analytical support for the first planned pilot field installation of the SolarFlow(R) System in a commercial building located in Boulder, Colorado. The SolarFlow System is a combined heat and power (CHP) generation [...]
Cool Energy, Inc., developers of clean energy heat and electrical power generating systems has announced the completion and operation of its third Stirling Engine platform. The engine, called the SolarHeart® Engine converts low temperature heat into electrical power. “We are excited to have achieved this major technology milestone,” said Sam Weaver, CEO and President of [...]
Linamar Corp. is expanding its local workforce with a new $200-million investment in the city of Guelph , Ontario,Canada. Chief executive officer Linda Hasenfratz said the company has already begun hiring between 1,200 and 1,300 people over three years to work in its local car parts and solar thermal dish manufacturing plants. Linamar has been developing [...]
San Diego Gas & Electric this week introduced two new solar power demonstration installations that concentrate the light and heat from the sun to generate power in two distinctively different ways. The concentrated solar power technology employed by the utility’s El Cajon, Calif., operations center include a PowerDish(TM), built by Infinia of Kennewick, Wash, a mirrored [...]
Vinci Energía C.V. has announced that it is poised to launch one of the first pre-commercial solar thermal electric plants based on its new Luter 10 Stirling dish technology. Rather than using conventional mirrors, the solar receivers will be fitted with Vinci Energía’s patented optical assembly. The new Stirling dish unit developed by Vinci Energía [...]
Sandia National Laboratories recently won two national Federal Laboratory Consortium awards for its efforts to transfer technology to supercomputer manufacturer Cray Inc., and solar energy supplier Stirling Energy Systems, Inc. SES’s Solar Thermal Dish-Stirling Engine system uses very large concentrating mirrored parabolic dish designs, similar in diameter size and scale, to the large satellite dishes used [...]
The Boeing Company and Stirling Energy Systems have formed a strategic partnership to complete the commercialization and deployment of Boeing’s XR700 high-concentration photovoltaic (HCPV) solar power technology. Through a licensing agreement with Boeing, SES has acquired the sole rights to develop, manufacture and deploy the HCPV product globally. SES will lead the commercialization process, with Boeing [...]
Cool Energy, Inc., a developer of clean energy heat and power generating systems, today announced the performance of its Stirling engine, called the SolarHeart® Engine, has surpassed its specified electrical power output of 1,500 watts. “It is very satisfying to have achieved this major milestone,” said Sam Weaver, CEO and President of Cool Energy. “To [...]
Only four months after breaking ground, Tessera Solar and Stirling Energy Systems (SES) showcased the highly anticipated Maricopa Solar power plant at a special event for key partners, stakeholders and media. Maricopa Solar is the first commercial project for the SunCatcherTM concentrating solar power (CSP) technology designed and manufactured by SES. Joining in the celebration were [...]
Solar thermal energy has the potential to supply a significant fraction of the world’s energy needs if we learn to harness it effectively and to store its energy for use when we have times of high demand. An Australian company has been working on a technology that may be able to do just that. Solar [...]
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Stirling Energy Systems (SES) and Tessera Solar recently unveiled four newly designed solar power collection dishes at Sandia National Laboratories’ National Solar Thermal Test Facility (NSTTF). Called SunCatchers™, the new dishes have a refined design that will be used in commercial-scale deployments of the units beginning this year. “The four new dishes [...]
Baxi is part of the Baxi Group, one of Europe’s leading heating and home comfort specialists. The company has developed a Micro-CHP unit, the Baxi Ecogen, a free Piston Stirling engine which will generate useable electricity as well as heat for the home. Baxi Ecogen is a microgeneration unit that generates 1kW of electricity per hour [...]
Stirling Energy Systems (SES) and Linamar Corporation, SES’s Strategic Supply Partner for production and assembly of the power conversion unit (PCU) component of the SunCatcher concentrating solar power (CSP) system, have reached a major milestone in their partnership for the development and commercialization of the PCU. Linamar will ship the first PCU this week to [...]
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