Last week, Abengoa, BrightSource Energy, and Torresol Energy (some of the world’s top concentrating solar power companies) launched the Concentrating Solar Power Alliance (CSPA). “The new organization is dedicated to educating U.S. regulators, utilities and grid operators about the unique benefits of concentrating solar power (CSP) and of thermal energy storage as … [continued]
Obama announced in his weekly address this week that the Department of Energy has awarded two solar companies, Abengoa Solar and Abound Solar Manufacturing, nearly $2 billion as “conditional commitments from the Recovery Act.” Abengoa Solar is to build one of the largest solar power plants in the world … [continued]
The U.S. Department of Energy has just finalized the environmental assessment in order to guarantee the loan for Abengoa Solar to start construction of the Solana CSP Project, announced in 2007. The decision marks the culmination of a lengthy environmental assessment with 286 pages of referenced impact statements, covering every … [continued]
Mojave Solar is taking local residents on a bus tour Wednesday to see the site of the proposed 250 MW solar thermal plant to be built near Barstow in the California Mojave desert. Mojave Solar is the US subsidiary of Spanish giant Abengoa Solar that won the bid to build … [continued]
The huge project to build a $555 billion renewable energy “belt” in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, funded largely by German companies, moved another step forward a few days ago. The articles of association for the DESERTEC Industrial Initiative (DII) were signed by the joint venture group … [continued]
[social_buttons] A contract has just been signed to deliver 600 gigawatthours a year of solar power between the US division of Spain’s giant Abengoa, and PG&E in California. Abengoa Solar hopes to succeed where BrightSource recently failed to overcome local NIMBY issues and Senator Feinstein, in its plan to site … [continued]
Abengoa Solar has signed an agreement to join as a founding member of the inspirational Desertec idea to supply Europe and Africa electricity from a chain of huge solar thermal projects in the Sahara. The ambitious plan requires building direct current transmission to connect the continents, but once in place … [continued]
