Renewable energy – if you haven’t noticed, it’s the buzz around the world. We are using an alarming amount of fossil fuels every day; fossil fuels that won’t last forever. Some experts say we will be known as the generation that destroys the earth unless we change our energy behavior now. “Renewable Energy makes sense … Continue reading Solar, Geothermal and Wind Energy; Achieving Energy Independence – Renewable Home Energy.org Educates and Connects
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Reasons to support concentrated solar power
A proven energy technology with a 30-year track record, concentrating solar power is a promising clean electricity source ripe for development in the United States and the world.
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The Promise of Concentrated Solar Power
Concentrating solar power—also known as concentrated solar power, concentrated solar thermal, and CSP—is a cost-effective way to produce electricity while reducing our dependence on foreign oil, improving domestic energy-price stability, reducing carbon emissions, cleaning our air, promoting economic growth, and creating jobs. One physicist has even touted it as the “technology that will save humanity.” … Continue reading The Promise of Concentrated Solar Power
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Godawari Green Energy, the first to commission a CSP plant under JNNSM
Godawari Green Energy Limited (GGEL) has won the race to commission the first Concentrated Solar Power plant developed under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission. Godawari Green Energy Limited (GGEL) has started injecting power to the Grid on June 5, 2013 coinciding with World Environment day. With this achievement Godawari Green Energy Limited (GGEL) has … Continue reading Godawari Green Energy, the first to commission a CSP plant under JNNSM
Continue readingGodawari Green Energy commissions India
Godawari Green Energy Limited (GGEL) has started injecting power to the Grid on June 5, 2013 coinciding with World Environment day. With this achievement Godawari Green Energy Limited (GGEL) has become the Nation’s First Solar Thermal Power Plant under JNNSM, Phase – I. The ground breaking ceremony for this project was held on June 26, … Continue reading Godawari Green Energy commissions India
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Mainstream Renewable Power has signed a $1.4 billion joint-venture deal with private equity company Actis
Global wind and solar developer Mainstream Renewable Power today announced a joint venture with the global pan-emerging market investor Actis to deliver 600 megawatts of wind and solar projects into construction and operation in Chile by early 2016. The joint venture company which is 40% owned by Mainstream and 60% by Actis will purchase the … Continue reading Mainstream Renewable Power has signed a $1.4 billion joint-venture deal with private equity company Actis
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Australia withdraws $60m funding to proposed $230m Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) plant
The Australian government has withdrawn its funding of $60m to the proposed $230m concentrated solar power (CSP) plant at Whyalla as the project developer Solar Oasis failed to meet several conditions of agreed timeframe, repo The move is seen as a major blow to the plant that is expected to provide power for up to … Continue reading Australia withdraws $60m funding to proposed $230m Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) plant
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Concentrated Solar Power: John Woolard resigns as CEO of BrightSource Energy
BrightSource Energy’s CEO John Woolard is leaving the company after several months of discussion, according to a report Thursday in the San Jose Mercury News. The Oakland-based concentrating solar power firm is building the Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating Station a few miles from the Mojave National Preserve, and hopes to have its Palen Solar CSP … Continue reading Concentrated Solar Power: John Woolard resigns as CEO of BrightSource Energy
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50 MW PPA approved for photovoltaic solar power plant in New Mexico
First Solar, Inc. (Nasdaq: FSLR) and New Mexico State Land Commissioner Ray Powell announced today that First Solar, Inc. has been granted a power purchase agreement (PPA) from the New Mexico Public Regulatory Commission, clearing the way for First Solar to begin construction on the state
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U.S. Department of Interior Approves SolarReserve’s 100 MW Arizona Concentrated Solar Power Project
With this authorization, SolarReserve, a U.S. developer of large-scale solar power projects, is proceeding with the development of its 100 megawatt concentrating project, located on Bureau of Land (BLM) managed land. The Quartzsite Project will be utilizing SolarReserve’s concentrated solar power (CSP) technology with integrated storage which allows the facility to operate like a conventional … Continue reading U.S. Department of Interior Approves SolarReserve’s 100 MW Arizona Concentrated Solar Power Project
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CSP Today LATAM 2013 announces new speaker additions
With more than 100 attendees already confirmed, CSP TODAY LATAM 2013 has become the key event for the CSP industry in LATAM. CSP Today LATAM 2013 is the first event celebrated in Antofagasta, in a series that covers the concentrated solar power (CSP) industry worldwide. On 17-18 July, the “mining capital” of Chile will witness … Continue reading CSP Today LATAM 2013 announces new speaker additions
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CSP-Geothermal hybrid project to be funded by US Department of Energy
U.S. D.O.E. awards research grant to geothermal and concentrated solar power hybrid system. Marc Rappaport of Rappaport Energy Consulting LLC received notification the US Department of Energy (USDOE) approved a Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) Phase 1 grant proposal for $ 149,900. The research will study the differential data from retrofitting a concentrated solar thermal … Continue reading CSP-Geothermal hybrid project to be funded by US Department of Energy
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Germany sets new solar power record
German solar energy plants produced a world record 22 gigawatts of electricity per hour – equal to 20 nuclear power plants at full capacity – through the midday hours on Friday and Saturday, the head of a renewable energy think tank said. The German government decided to abandon nuclear power after the Fukushima nuclear disaster … Continue reading Germany sets new solar power record
Continue readingSolar Power International 2013
The solar energy industry is in high gear and at Solar Power International 2013 (SPI ’13), October 21-24, McCormick Place, Chicago, Illinois, participants can plug into the technologies, personal connections and professional insights that give rise to new business and learning opportunities. Widely regarded as the can’t-miss industry event of the year, SPI draws nearly … Continue reading Solar Power International 2013
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Concentrated Solar Power: Abengoa and Acciona file lawsuits against Spain’s government
The department led by José Manuel Soria is accumulated judicial affairs. The latter has been derived from the freezing of access tolls January. By the same decisions in the past and had electric resources pending. Now also have suggested associations renewable and other green companies. Acciona has been the latest addition-and certainly the most important, … Continue reading Concentrated Solar Power: Abengoa and Acciona file lawsuits against Spain’s government
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BrightSource and Alstom seek local lenders for Megalim Concentrating Solar Power Plant in Israel
BrightSource and Alstom have approached local and international lenders about a financing for the Eu575 million ($743 million) Megalim CSP in Israel. BrightSource’s only current international solar thermal projects are both located in Israel’s Negev Desert: the 6MW Solar Energy Development Center (SEDC), operational since 2008; and the 121MW Megalim project, which it is developing … Continue reading BrightSource and Alstom seek local lenders for Megalim Concentrating Solar Power Plant in Israel
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Planned call for bids for four pilot Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) plants in India
India plans to auction four concentrated solar thermal power projects with a combined 120 megawatts of capacity, the Hindu Business Line reported. The government-run Solar Energy Corp. of India will call for bids in a year, the newspaper reported. The projects will be eligible for 10.2 billion rupees ($183 million) of government grants, it said. … Continue reading Planned call for bids for four pilot Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) plants in India
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Jordan to launch first solar power plant
The Higher Council for Science and Technology’s National Centre for Research and Development NCRD on Sunday signed an agreement with the French Solar Euromed firm to launch the first pilot solar energy station and laboratory in southern Jordan. The new facility, to be set up in the district of Shoubak with a capacity of 510 … Continue reading Jordan to launch first solar power plant
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Crescent Dunes site visit announced for CSP Today USA in June
This week CSP Today have announced that attendees of CSP Today USA 2013 (26-27 June, Las Vegas) will be given a unique opportunity to visit SolarReserve’s Crescent Dunes Solar Energy Project on 28 June, a 110MW molten salt power tower plant currently under construction near Tonopah, Nevada. Crescent Dunes is expected to be completed and … Continue reading Crescent Dunes site visit announced for CSP Today USA in June
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A solar power research and test centre for Morocco
The German Aerospace Centre (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) is devising plans for a solar power research and test centre in Morocco on behalf of the Moroccan Agency for Solar Energy (Masen). The long-term objective for this new centre is the development of a competitive solar power industry in Morocco. The project is … Continue reading A solar power research and test centre for Morocco
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