
To develop a technical‐economic feasibility study for a 200 MW thermosolar power plant is the aim of the project that has been launched this week in Botswana. The technical leader of the project will be the National Renewable Energy Centre (CENER) with the participation of Nixus Consulting, Ynfiniti and Parsons Brinckerhoff. Managed by Botswana [...]

Clean Energy Pathways, Inc., will begin the New Year with its fuel division in full swing, as a result of the reinstatement of the biodiesel tax credit incorporated in the tax bill to be signed by President Obama today. “The bill’s passage marks a bright start for our company’s New Year, and its retroactivity for [...]

Roth extends UK presence An extended product portfolio, continued investment into manufacturing facilities and new recruits to the Roth UK team have strengthened the company’s position in the solar thermal and multilayer pipe markets. Supported by nine manufacturing plants in Europe, and 1,100 employees worldwide, the UK company draws on the Roth group’s technical resources [...]

New Report from ABS Energy Research Reveals that Despite the Economic Downturn, Thermal Solar remains strong and ABS Predicts Strong Growth in 2011 & 2012 and a spike in GW capacity world-wide. London, UK – The newly released 4th Edition of the Solar Thermal Report from ABS Energy Research states that despite the global downturn, [...]
Oteegee Innovations Inc. has announced that they are arranging to build the proof of concept prototype for the thermal solar collector technology. The patent application has been filed with the USPTO and with the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) and certain non-PCT countries. Solar-thermal collectors harness heat from the sun for Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) power [...]
The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has approved Southern California Edison’s (SCE) 20-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with CA Solar 10 LLC, which is owned by Solar Millennium LLC. The project will consist of two 242 MW facilities that will use solar thermal trough technology to generate an estimated 1,100 GWh of energy annually. CA [...]
According to a recent article written by the Press Trust of India, the Union Government of India has pledged Rs 1,000 crore ( $ 210.5 million U.S) for subsidising solar thermal power generation, it says is in line with its plan to boost utilisation of renewable energy resources. The announcement was made by Union Ministry of [...]

Zhejiang Sanhua signed an agreement on Tuesday to invest $10.5 million in solar thermal systems developer HelioFocus, marking the first direct investment by a Chinese company in an Israeli firm. HelioFocus Chief Executive Uri Zik said Sanhua, a producer of components and control parts for air-conditioning systems, would be not just a financial investor in [...]
EnviroMission Limited is developing Solar Tower renewable energy technology on a global scale. EnviroMission, which owns the global license to Solar Tower technology (excluding China), has shifted its development focus to the South West of the United States of America . The scale of the first 200MW power station will capture worldwide attention and attract [...]