concentrated solar
Four months after it began operation, the largest concentrated solar power plant in North America has now been officially commissioned. The Hatch Solar Center, located in Hatch, New Mexico, has a generating capacity of five megawatts. Owned and operated by NextEra Energy Resources, the plant produces electricity that is sold
concentrated solar
More than a billion people in the world today lack access to clean drinking water and there are more people in the world’s hospitals today suffering from water-borne diseases than any other ailment. As glaciers shrink, droughts increase and salt-water intrusion spreads, the world’s current fresh water shortage
concentrated solar
Ever wonder what happens when you focus on sunlight-concentrating lens on a penny? A few of the geeks at Google’s Santa Monica office did more than wonder … they spent a few lunch hours trying it out. Using a lightweight Fresnel lens, the Googlers trained what they estimated at 1,
concentrated solar
German researchers say they’ve broken a new record for solar energy efficiency, converting a full 41.1 percent of the power of incoming rays into electricity. “We are elated by this breakthrough,” said Frank Dimroth, a member of the research team at the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems
cleantech
Spending too much time obsessively tracking the latest cleantech news on your Google Reader? Despair not: here’s a roundup of some of this week’s top stories you might have missed: Cleantech funding hit new heights in ‘08. Yes, we’ve covered this one already, but it’s worth