concentrating solar power
Concentrating solar power (CSP) is currently more expensive than energy from photovoltaic (PV) solar panels, but it promises one significant perk over PV: its potential for being combined with energy storage that keeps producing electricity long after the sun stops shining. That’s exactly the kind of perk developers of
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A massive concentrating solar power (CSP) plant that’s just received a partial guarantee for an $852-million loan from the US Department of Energy (DOE) is expected to increase the nation’s currently installed CSP capacity by about 50 percent. The 250-megawatt (MW) Genesis Solar Project is set to be
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Spanish officials have cleared the way for the development of a 50-megawatt solar thermal energy plant to be built in Alcazar de San Juan. The project is being developed by Termosolar Alcazar, a joint venture between SolarReserve, a US developer of utility-scale solar power projects and Preneal, a Spanish developer
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Southwest Solar Technologies has successfully tested a high-temperature air receiver prototype that will eventually be used to test the company’s advanced solar-turbine power system. Currently in development, the system uses a parabolic solar dish with mirrors to concentrate the sun’s energy to drive a high-efficiency turbine engine and
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Two concentrating solar power (CSP) projects in California have received a boost of nearly $2 billion courtesy of the US Department of Energy (DOE). The DOE is offering conditional loan guarantees for: * The Mojave Solar Project (MSP) (a $1.2 billion loan guarantee) in San Bernardino County, and * The Genesis
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How does concentrating solar power work? Here’s a brief introduction:
concentrating solar power
Nevada could soon be home to the tallest molten salt tower in the world, and it doesn’t want to hear any jokes about possible Vegas-Sodom-Gomorrah-Lot’s wife connections. This is all about energy: clean solar power and cutting-edge energy storage. The Crescent Dunes Solar Energy Project is on its
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Solar thermal electricity production in the US is poised for a big boost, now that financing has recently been closed for the world’s largest solar project. The Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System, set for completion in 2013, will nearly double the amount of solar thermal electricity produced in the
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Desertification is a dirty word, but deserts are not entirely without their uses. Plans are underway to transform swathes of the Sahara into a glimmering sea of mirrors, with the goal of piping cheap, clean and efficient solar energy into the heart of Europe. Dubbed the Desertec Industrial Initiative, it
california
Solar thermal is the way to go, says California’s Public Utilities Commission. Commissioners this week approved a contract between Southern California Edison and eSolar, a firm that plans to build solar thermal energy facilities that could generate up to 245 megawatts of electricity. Under the 20-year contract, inked earlier
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Greenbang would like to introduce you to Torresol, or ‘Sun tower’ in English, a company that has a bit of a ‘does what it says on the tin’ approach to naming. Can you guess what they do yet? No, silly, nothing to do with holiday apartments. Masdar, the company behind