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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 [...] 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. [...] 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 [...] 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 [...] Anaheim, CA – Sopogy, Inc. (www.sopogy.com) has just introduced SopoFlare the newest MicroCSP™ product in the world of Concentrating Solar Power solutions at Solar Power International 2009 in Anaheim. Abengoa Solar announces the signing of a power purchase agreement with Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) to supply the electricity generated by the new solar plant “Mojave Solar.” The project will generate 250 megawatts (MW) of Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) and is to be located in an unincorporated area of San Bernardino County, between Barstow [...] Solar Millennium Erlangen, Germany/ Berkeley, California Solar Millennium, LLC, Berkeley, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Solar Millennium AG, Erlangen (ISIN DE0007218406), signed power purchase agreements with US investor-owned utility Southern California Edison (SCE). The agreements, which are subject to approval of the California Public Utilities Commission, call for the development of two, 242 MW power plants, with [...] Ausra California based Ausra, Inc., a leading provider of large-scale solar steam systems for electricity generation and industrial processes, was recently awarded the “S” Stamp Certificate of Authorization from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) for the manufacture of the company’s industrial solar steam power boilers. Ausra is the first and only solar steam [...] from BrightSource Energy.com BrightSource Energy has much to be proud of lately. They were the focus of an article on Solar Thermal Energy in the June 4th print edition of The Economist magazine. BrightSource has also entered into a series of contracts with California based Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) to supply 1,310 MW of [...] |
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