The New York Times this weekend has an article discussing the recent boom type expanion of Utility scale solar thermal electric generating plant in the state of California. This technology is getting a boost from the federal government allowing solar thermal companies to have acess to the capital funding required to biuld and launch these [...]
Imperial Valley Solar Project First Utility Scale Project to Receive Both California Energy Commission and Bureau of Land Management Approval Tessera Solar’s Imperial Valley Solar Project became the first utility scale solar power project to be approved by both the state and federal governments, with the issuance today of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) [...]
Following a popular vote among peers and conference attendees at the Fourth Concentrated Solar Power Summit for the first US CSP Today Industry Awards, the Stirling Energy Systems (SES) SunCatcher technology was honored with the Best Commercialized Technological Innovation Award. SES received the award for its SunCatcher technology advancements that led to its commercialization in [...]
The condenser for the power plant block of the Andasol 3 Solar Thermal power project arrived at the building site near La Calahorra on Monday. Also the turbine for the Andasol 3 power plant has already reached the Mediterranean coast in the south of Spain. At the same time, the generator that was built in [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Tessera Solar has been selected by Riverside County (California) to develop solar energy projects on countyâ€owned land at closed landfills and on undeveloped land adjacent to County airports. Optiflex Properties & Development LLC (Optiflex), a real estate and technology development company, is partnering with Tessera Solar to coâ€develop and coâ€finance the projects. Optiflex specializes in [...]
 Stirling Energy Systems recently announced the launch of a new solar development company named Tessera Solar. Tessera Solar is developing solar power world wide using their patented technology called SunCatchers. Manufacturing of SunCatchers at production volumes will commence in 2010, utilizing Tier 1 automotive suppliers for key components. With over 90% North American content, [...]
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