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Hybrid Solar-Biomass Refinery - New Mexico

New Mexico-based Sundrop Fuels recently announced that theyhave developed a hybrid solar-biomass refinery. The company plans to use concentrated solar power (CSP) to heat plant scraps and wood chips to create a biofuel. That biofuel can then be used to create gasoline or diesel fuel.

Instead of using mirrors to reflect sunlight and to heat water [...]

Draft Environmental Study Available for Proposed Solar Thermal Plants on Public Land

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. [...]

Certification of Solar Energy Equipment and Systems

In 1980 the Solar Rating and Certification Corporation (SRCC) was incorporated as a non-profit organization whose primary purpose is the development and implementation of certification programs and national rating standards for solar energy equipment.

The corporation is an independent third-party certification entity. It is unique in that it is the only national certification program established solely [...]