Southern Nevada’s First Non-Solar Renewable Energy Project Completed Ormat Technologies, Inc. and Kern River Gas Transmission Company today dedicated southern Nevada’s first non-solar renewable energy project, the Goodsprings Energy Recovery Station. Located 35 miles south of Las Vegas, the Goodsprings Energy Recovery Station is the first renewable energy project owned by NV Energy. The project [...]
Solar Trust of America, LLC today announced that its project development subsidiary, Solar Millennium, LLC, has secured a Record of Decision (ROD) from the Department of Interior’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM) approving the Blythe Solar Power Plant’s Right of Way Grant. The ROD is the final regulatory milestone in the federal permitting process and [...]
Sopogy, Inc., a leader in micro Concentrated Solar Power (MicroCSP(TM)) technology, will be supplying its proprietary solar thermal collectors for a five-megawatt MicroCSP plant, which broke ground on October 27 in the Kalaeloa district of Oahu — marking the largest CSP project in Hawaii. The Kalaeloa Solar One project is a partnership between the State [...]
Apricus Solar Thermal System Provides CSUS with Heightened Energy Savings and Enhanced Heating Functionality. Apricus Inc., a global manufacturer and distributor of renewable energy solutions and solar thermal heating products, recently implemented a solar heating system on the California State University, Sacramento campus. In tandem with Brown Construction and JR Plumbing, Apricus outfitted a new [...]
Solar Trust of America, LLC today announced that its project development subsidiary, Solar Millennium, LLC, has secured a Record of Decision (ROD) from the Department of Interior’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM) approving the Blythe Solar Power Plant’s Right of Way Grant. The ROD is the final regulatory milestone in the federal permitting process and [...]
Arizona Public Service Company’s efforts to increase the adoption of renewable energy continue to earn national recognition. In the last week, two prestigious organizations, the Solar Energy Power Association (SEPA) and the Center for Resource Solutions (CRS), recognized APS for programs that are leading Arizona down a path where renewable energy plays an increasingly larger [...]
The first solar thermal power plant project using direct steam generation (DSG) has recently been announced in Southeast Asia. Solarlite GmbH, located in Mecklenburg-West Pomerania, Germany, is the parabolic trough collector developer and solar field constructer of this first commercial solar thermal power plant with Direct Steam Generation in the world. Solarlite has tested the [...]
Entech Solar, expects to submit its latest concentrating photovoltaic (CPV) product called SolarVolt(TM) for independent certification testing by September 30, 2010. This milestone is a key step in commercializing the Company’s latest CPV product designed to produce electricity for large commercial, industrial, government and utility applications. This key step places the Company on target to [...]
Sopogy, Inc., manufacturer of the proprietary micro-scaled concentrating solar power (MicroCSP) system, is demonstrating its SopoNova™ solar panels at Eckerd College in St. Petersburg, Florida. The project developed by STG International (previously known as Solar Turbine Group) is designed to be a model for cost effective, stand alone solar power solutions for health clinics in [...]
PVT Solar, Inc. the creator of Echo(TM), a revolutionary new solar energy system that delivers twice the energy of a basic solar electric system, has appointed Vikas Desai as CEO. Desai was previously vice president and general manager of SunPower Corp.’s residential and light commercial business unit, which he grew to $1 billion in annualized [...]
Utilities looking for industry input on Concentrated Solar Power Yield Optimization Engineering ahead of CSP Today’s Denver Conference A crucial area of discussion when it comes to concentrated solar power Plant output engineering is the impact that CSP output optimization has on utility agreements, PPAs and ongoing LCOE, and the subsequent impact on the perception [...]
Powered Entirely from the Sun’s Energy A solar thermal power plant in principle works no differently than a conventional steam power plant. However, there is one important difference. No harm is done to the environment by burning coal, oil, natural gas or by splitting uranium to produce steam. There are no byproducts to store or [...]
Six “transformational” energy research and development projects to have been selected to receive $9.6 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. These projects round out the selections made by the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E). The projects include two solar research initiatives. Teledyne Scientific & Imaging LLC, based in Thousand [...]
SkyFuel First in Concentrated Solar Thermal Power Industry to Offer Insurance-Backed Warranty
Solar Thermal Developer Solar Millennium Sells Additional Investments
Abengoa and JGC’s Thermal Solar Power Plant, Solacor 1, Comes Online
First Solar Thermal Power Plant in Southeast Asia is Fully Operational
Torresol Energy Launches Commercial Operations of Twin Solar Thermal Plants in Spain
Solar Alliance and SEIA Merge to Establish U.S. Solar policies at the State Level
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