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As part of this years Concentrated Solar Power Summit 2010, you will get the chance to visit one of the most groundbreaking CSP sites in the world. Allowing you to see for yourself, up close and personal some of today’s most ground-breaking CSP technology that’s actually in the ground and producing power. The conference runs [...] BrightSource Energy, Inc., developer of utility-scale solar thermal power plants, announced this week that the U.S. Department of Energy has conditionally committed to provide $1.37 billion in loan guarantees to support the financing of BrightSource’s Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System. The commitment to provide loan guarantees marks a key milestone in the development of the Ivanpah project, California’s [...] Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) announced that it has contracted with subsidiaries of NextEra Energy Resources and Abengoa Solar for delivery of a total of 500 megawatts (MW) of clean solar power. The agreements are among several solar deals recently signed by the utility with independent developers for a total of 830 MW. NextEra’s proposed [...] Power Engineering announced the selection of eSolar’s Sierra SunTower facility, a state-of-the-art solar thermal power plant, as the winner of “Best Renewable and Sustainable Project” at the 2009 Projects of the Year Awards. Each year, Power Engineering magazine editors recognize the world’s best projects in four major categories: gas-fired, coal-fired, nuclear and renewable. The award comes [...] The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) recently released for public comment a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) and the California Energy Commission (CEC) released a Final Staff Assessment (FSA) for the Ivanpah Solar Electric Generation Project on public land in San Bernardino County, California. The joint DEIS/FSA is now open to public comment through February 11, 2010. [...] Policy Support Re-ignites the US Solar Thermal Market Summary The US has good future prospects for solar thermal energy. Many solar thermal plants with high installed capacities are currently under construction and others are in various stages of planning. California is the hub of most of the existing and expected solar thermal installations. This is mainly due [...] With the December 2010 deadline for obtaining incentive funding under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act only a year off, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Director Bob Abbey today reaffirmed the agency’s commitment to helping the nation reach its “green energy future” by guaranteeing full environmental analysis and public review for the 31 renewable energy [...] Weidlinger Associates and Columbia University’s Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science announced recentlythat they have recieved a Phase I Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program grant, supported by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), to expedite research of a “Hybrid Building Integrated Solar Energy System for Photovoltaic, Thermoelectric, and Heat Utilization.” The $150,000 award is [...] Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), the author of the 1994 California Desert Protection Act, today introduced a comprehensive bill to designate new lands in the Mojave Desert for conservation, enhance recreational opportunities, and streamline and improve the federal permitting process to advance large-scale wind and solar development on suitable lands. The carefully [...] As passive solar thermal collection plate technology evolves so should the cost of producing them. Automation of the assembly process results in higher quality do to repeatability and lower costs due to higher production rates. KuKa Systems has been at the fore front of automation innovation in the solar thermal industry.
SolarReserve, a California-based developer of utility-scale solar power projects, today announced it has signed a 25-year power purchase agreement with NV Energy for the sale of electricity from SolarReserve’s Crescent Dunes Solar Energy Project. Developed and owned by SolarReserve’s subsidiary, Tonopah Solar Energy, LLC, the 100-megawatt solar energy project will be located near the town [...] |
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