This week, the government of Chile holds a final vote on its first carbon taxation scheme, also the first in South America, a measure to make fossil fuel generators pay for emitting greenhouse gases. The Chile carbon tax is part of a larger program of wide-ranging tax revisions introduced by the country’s … [continued]
Spanish photovoltaic developer Abengoa has designed and built a 10-megawatt solar thermal plant for Minera El Tesoro, part of the Antofagasta Minerals mining group. This is the first operational solar thermal plant in South America, and is located in the Antofagasta region of Chile. The installation is spread over 6 hectares of … [continued]
Whether or not you support big solar, it’s taking America’s deserts by storm as more and more businesses realize the colossal investment potential.
The financing announcement of the largest solar thermal plant of 2011 was just announced: the massive 800-MW, $900 million CPV Sentinel Facility in Riverside County, California.
