Scientific

At a White House Forum on Energy Security this week, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Energy Daniel Poneman announced a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the U.S. Department of Energy and the U.S. Department of Defense to accelerate clean energy innovation and enhance national energy security. America’s military pays a high price in terms of added […]

Jul 28 2010 | Posted in Articles,Solar Thermal | Read More »

The Turkish company, Solimpeks Corp., has launched its Volther hybrid photovoltaic-solar thermal collector, which produces electricity and hot water simultaneously. The hybrid system allows extra module heat to be absorbed to produce hot water while optimising efficiency, the company says. Historically, the main drawback of many conventional photovoltaic (PV) systems has been the high initial […]

Saudi Arabia  is home to one of the largest solar heating systems in the world. Millennium Energy Industries (MEI) designed and built this solar district hot water system,for the Princess Noura Bint Abdurrahman University for Women Project (PNUW) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The solar system, comprised of more than 35,000 sqm of roof mounted large scale […]

Jun 16 2010 | Posted in Headline,Projects and Installations | Read More »

A leading Arab newspaper is calling for Saudi Arabia to reconsider its stance of moving towards a clean energy future through investments in Nuclear Energy. The proposal calls for the replacement of oil and nuclear based electricity generation  with that of Solar Thermal and Concentrated Solar Energy. The Kingdom has invested $80 billion to expand […]

At the request of President Obama, Secretary Chu and the Department of Energy’s National Laboratories are providing round-the-clock scientific support to help inform strategies to stop the BP oil spill. Secretary Chu has spent several days in Houston monitoring the top kill attempt, analyzing the data as it comes in and helping to develop strategies […]

Jun 1 2010 | Posted in Featured | Read More »

The International Conference on Solar Heating, Cooling and Biuldings is gearing up for their 2010 solar conference in Graz, Austria September 28th to October 1st 2010. Solar Energy R&D has led to many promising innovations and developments in fields such as the supply of heating for buildings, process heat and solar cooling. The EuroSun 2010 […]

May 31 2010 | Posted in Headline,Solar Thermal | Read More »