Spain Will Host A Concentrating Solar Power Plant To Make Jet Fuel From Sunlight
Solar fuels are beginning to support the economic case for concentrating solar power plants, which produce high heat by focusing sunlight on a transfer medium.
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Renewable Energy Is Unstoppable, Declares Financial Times
The Financial Times has declared that renewable energy is now “unstoppable.” Read on to find out why.
European Investment Bank Provides €150 Million Loan To Israel’s Largest Solar Power Project
Israel is working towards achieving its goal to source 10% of its total electricity needs from renewable energy sources by 2020. In this endeavor the country has received a major financial boost, with the European Investment Bank providing €150 million loan to the largest solar power project in Israel. The … [continued]
Semprius to Produce Dot-Sized, Low Cost-High Efficiency Solar CPV Cells, Modules at NC Plant
Fresh out of having its dot-sized, triple junction solar PV cells validated at 41% efficiency, Semprius is building a 35 MW production facility in North Carolina. Using a massive parallel micro-transfer process, its concentrated PV modules are expected to be competitive with fossil fuels. Siemens and VC partners have taken an equity stake in the start-up, a dramatic illustration of how federal government support is being leveraged by private industry.
First (somewhat) Large-Scale Concentrated Photovoltaic Plant in U.S to be Constructed
The U.S DOE provided $90.6 million USD for the construction of one of the largest concentrated photovoltaic power plants in the world.
Concentrated Solar Power Could Generate 25% of the World's Electricity by 2050
A new study from Greenpeace, the European Solar Thermal Agency, and the International Energy Agency’s SolarPACES Group has shown that concentrated solar power (CSP) could generate a quarter of the world’s energy needs by 2050–and create thousands of new jobs and prevent millions of tons of CO2 from being released.
SolFocus Installing World's Largest Concentrated Solar Project in Spain
Earlier today, concentrated solar company SolFocus announced that it has signed a deal to install over 10 MW of its systems in Spain for EMPE Solar. Upon its completion in 2010, the $103 million, multi-site project will be the largest concentrated solar deployment in the world. SolFocus estimates that the … [continued]
Morgan Solar: Simple, Cheap, and Efficient Concentrated Solar Tech, Part 2
A few weeks ago, I posted a brief introduction to Morgan Solar, a Toronto-based start-up that has invented a new method for building simple and cheap solar concentrators. Many of you asked for more details, so I asked Nicolas Morgan, the company’s Director of Business Development, some in-depth questions about … [continued]
New Concentrated Solar Tech: Simple, Cheap and Efficient
Morgan Solar, a Toronto-based company launched last summer, believes it has the answer to creating simple and cheap solar concentrators. While other companies are working to make solar cheaper by using mirrors or lenses to magnify sunlight that is directed into solar cells, Morgan Solar takes a different approach. Their … [continued]
