Solarflux has created an online tool called CASPER, which stands for CSP Performance Comparison. CSP Technology is in reference to Concentrating Solar Power, which focuses heat from sunlight to create steam to drive a turbine that generates electrical power. It is completely different from solar PV. CASPER is a web-based … [continued]
2021 Update of Annual Technology Baseline Includes Robust Data of Current Status, Market Trends, and Technology Improvement for Solar Photovoltaics and Concentrating Solar Power
The US Department of Energy to US legislators: Damn the potholes, full speed ahead to 40% solar energy by 2035.
With support from your friendly neighborhood sewage treatment plant, concentrating solar power finally gets moment in sun.
Solarflux, a company specializing in parabolic dish concentrator technology, has developed the FOCUS parabolic dish concentrator, which converts 72% of the solar energy it gets into usable heat. This news comes from Solarflux, which just announced the results of an independent report by Lehigh University’s Energy Research Center. The report … [continued]
Renewable energy technology company Heliogen has raised $108 million in funding across two rounds — a first round that raised $25 million, followed by $83 million in what was described as an oversubscribed round. The new tranche of investors included steel and mining company ArcelorMittal, venture capital firm Prime Movers … [continued]
Pro-tip: if the expenditure units starts with m instead of b, it’s not serious. Billions move the needle. Millions just keep the lights on in a few pet projects.
Solar power costs have dropped to a record low — for the world, in all of history. However, we need them to go lower.
This fifth round of US DOE Solar Energy Technologies Office projects involve solar PV plus agriculture and small innovative solar PV and CSP projects.
This third round of US DOE Solar Energy Technologies Office projects concerns innovations in manufacturing for solar hardware.
