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Next generation solar power could replace fossil fuels says WRI

Concentrating solar thermal (CST) power has the potential to provide power on the margin of the demand curve, as well as replacing coal at the core of the power mix in the US, according to a report by the World Resources Institute (WRI.)
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Abengoa Solar inaugurates second-generation solar tower

Abengoa Solar’s first high-temperature power tower, Eureka, was unveiled today by Martín Soler Márquez, Director of Innovation, Science and Enterprise for the Andalusian Regional Government...
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Visible Light Solar Technologies Launches First Hybrid Solar/LED Lighting Product Line, Delivering Up to 85% Energy Savings for Commercial and Industr

Visible Light Solar Technologies today launched the company and its inaugural Vector line of hybrid solar/LED (Light-emitting Diode) lighting solutions aimed at retrofitting or replacing the US's over 100 million outdated street light, parking lot, and ex...
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Methane Could Be Storage Solution for Solar and Wind Power

In a surprising find, scientists have discovered a microbe that can efficiently convert direct electrical current into methane...
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Solar and Gas: Together at a Power Plant Near You

Sometimes natural gas can use some solar help, and solar needs gas. Will the hybrid plant be the wave of the future?...
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A potential breakthrough in harnessing the sun's energy

New solar thermal technology overcomes a major challenge facing solar power – how to store the sun's heat for use at night or on a rainy day...
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Symyx Awarded Grant From Department of Energy for Solar Thermal Energy Research

R&D Partner to Perform High-Throughput Research for Development of Advanced Heat Transfer Fluids...
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Solar thermal power just got hotter

The linear Fresnel (pronounced Freh-nel) reflector is arguably the hottest new solar power technology being developed today—not only for its inventiveness, but the temperatures it can produce are upward around 800 degrees Celsius...
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China experiments with solar-thermal power

Construction is due to start next month on an experimental solar–thermal power plant in the shadow of China’s Great Wall that will bring clean energy to 30,000 households by 2010...
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Concentrating Solar Thermal Power 2009 final program confirmed

Concentrating Solar Thermal Power 2009 final program confirmed featuring the latest developments and challenges in the CSP market...
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SCHOTT Solar has its hopes riding on high-quality solutions in the areas of photovoltaic and solar thermal power plants

SCHOTT Solar AG will be presenting a wide variety of new products at the industry trade fair Intersolar in Munich (Neue Messe München). ...
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Thermodynamic solars: a new italian technology

Encouraging news in the renewable energy come from solar thermal industry that, in 2009, has experienced considerable growth and that seems destined to play an even more important in coming years....
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New Hybrid Solar Collector Produced By Solimpeks Corp

The Volther hybrid solar collector, which produces electricity and hot water simultaneously....
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New Solar Receivers Boost Efficiency

Siemens has optimized the receiver tubes for solar thermal facilities....
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New solar technology achieves major milestone

The world’s first utility-scale solar thermal power plant based on Linear Fresnel technology has started construction in Murcia, Spain. ...
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