Some more solar and wind power news from the past couple weeks: Solar Power Solar Price Hits All-Time Low In Australia: “The Solar Choice Price Index provides a monthly update of the cost of solar across Australia. It’s a very useful tool for keeping up to date with Australia … [continued]
AORA Solar, an innovative Israeli concentrating solar power (CSP) grid solutions developer, has undertaken the re-commissioning of its solar power station in Samar, Israel. Much of the re-commissioning work being undertaken is based on the company’s demonstration project in Almeria, Spain that opened last February. The Samar plant, which opened … [continued]
Concentrated solar power markets are growing all over the world, and new projections suggest that, by 2050, they could make up 11.3% of the electricity generated worldwide. A new report released by Global Information points to concentrated solar power’s (CSP) dispatchability, increased efficiency, and track record in innovation as … [continued]
One of the global leaders in concentrating solar thermal technology, BrightSource Energy, has now raised another $80 million dollars in additional equity financing. Its total equity financing now totals more than $615 million, opening up many possibilities for the company to significantly expand and grow. “BrightSource’s unique technology combines … [continued]
In the wake of historic summer blackouts that left more than 700 million Indians without power, a new report released this week by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and the Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW), an India-based independent research organization, shows that concentrated solar power can play an … [continued]
When solar thermal heat collection systems are factored in, total global solar energy capacity is a whopping 245 GW (2011), which exceeds that of wind energy (not by far, though), which is 238 GW (2011). Photovoltaic solar (these are the solar panels most people are accustomed to) capacity is a … [continued]
Last week, the LA Times ran a horrible piece on solar power plants in California. There was a particular focus on the BrightSource Energy solar project known as Ivanpah. Herman Trabish of Greentech Media posted a good point-by-point response from BrightSource. The piece is called BrightSource Energy Versus LA … [continued]
The project’s completion will see nearly 400 MW of clean, renewable electrical power delivered to California homes and businesses, as well as create thousands of jobs, adding more than $1 billion to US economic activity and state tax revenues and avoiding 400,000 tons of CO2 emissions. […]
Talk about cutting out the middleman! A California company called LightManufacturing has figured out a way to fire up a plastic molding process with a concentrated solar power system, and the kicker is the system has no solar cells to generate electricity. Instead, heliostats (aka mirrors) provide all the … [continued]
A new study from NREL finds that solar photovoltaics and concentrating solar power could generate an enormous amount of electricity in the United States. The report is titled, U.S. Renewable Energy Technical Potentials: A GIS-Based Analysis. In Table 1, it provides a number of very interesting figures. Chiefly, that … [continued]
