SkyFuel announced today that their ReflecTech® Mirror Film, used in the SkyTrough® parabolic trough concentrating solar collector, has surpassed the 20 year weathering mark, demonstrating long term durability against ultraviolet (UV) radiation. The testing, which was conducted in the National Renewable Energy Lab’s (NREL) Ultra-Accelerated Weathering Station (UAWS), is ongoing and is expected to reach [...]
The Awards, in their second year, recognize and promote industry excellence. From today, concentrated Solar Thermal power suppliers, developers and EPCs are able to nominate themselves to win one of the CSP Today International Awards. In order to respond to the developments over the past months in the industry, CSP Today has launched a different [...]
With the New Solar Mission ambitious goals that the Indian Ministry of New and Renewable Energy brought out on the 25th of July stipulating hard budgeting restrictions per MW as well as a firm schedule for starting construction of plants. With capital costs coming just over $3 million per MW, the New Solar Mission might [...]
AwardsWashington, D.C., U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu and U.S. Senator Dick Durbin announced the awarding of $1 billion in Recovery Act funding to the FutureGen Alliance, Ameren Energy Resources, Babcock & Wilcox, and Air Liquide Process & Costruction, Inc. to build FutureGen 2.0, a clean coal repowering program and carbon dioxide (CO2) storage network. The [...]
Ultra Green British clean tech company Ultra Green unveils its new technology that can potentially clean up the majority of the estimated four million barrels of oil spilled in the Gulf of Mexico by the end of September. After successfully passing all rigorous safety checks to ensure the rig is seaworthy, the first Ultra Green [...]
With 432MW of CSP capacity in construction or operation in the US and global companies such as Siemens, Areva and Bechtel making their plays to win the big share of this market, the outlook for the CSP industry is bright, but developers, EPCs and technology providers are fast realizing that without crucial consideration of Balance [...]
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 [...]
US is a growth market for solar-thermal power plants with excellent conditions – by 2020 every third kilowatt-hour in California to be generated from renewable energy sources Starting on 15 July 2010, Solar Millennium AG (ISIN DE0007218406) is issuing a corporate bond with a volume of € 50 million. By subscribing to this bond with [...]
One of the prime stumbling blocks in developing solar and wind energy has been dealing with siting and permitting issues on federal lands. The Obama Administration targeted significant monies in the 2009 stimulus bill (ARRA) for wind and solar projects that begin construction by the end of 2010 and Secretary Salazar put in place directives [...]
Dr. Farooq Abdullah, Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy and Shri SushilKumar Shinde , Union Minister for Power today jointly unveiled the guidelines for selection of new solar power projects under the 1000 MW solar power scheme in the first phase of the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission. This would put India in league [...]
Evergreen Solar, Inc. (NasdaqGM: ESLR | PowerRating), a manufacturer of STRING RIBBON(R) solar power products with its proprietary, low-cost silicon wafer manufacturing technology, announced today that it will release financial results for its second quarter ended July 3, 2010 after the market closes on Monday, August 2, 2010. Management will conduct a conference call at [...]
Developing CSP projects in the US is a very challenging business, and the stages involved from getting it from the drawing board to construction phase, on average take up to 4 years. The secret to success is based upon essential pillars being in place. These pillars are 1) CSP site secured 2)Connected to transmission line [...]
Operated by Sandia National Laboratories for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), the National Solar Thermal Test Facility (NSTTF) is the only test facility of this type in the United States. The primary goal of the NSTTF is to provide experimental engineering data for the design, construction, and operation of unique components and systems in [...]
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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