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Utilities to test solar at existing gas plants
NV Energy, the electric utility formerly known as Nevada Power Co., and other energy companies are studying the feasibility of using solar energy systems to boost production at existing natural gas plants
[Heat Storage] Australia - Solar skills go offshore, but innovation offers hope
FOR many people, solar energy has always been the quintessential renewable energy...
[Latest News] State approves Gulf Power solar energy incentives
One day after announcing it had approved this year's second rate hike for Gulf Power, the Florida Public Service Commission made it easier its customers to save some money by using solar power...
[Concentrated Solar Power] MALTA - ''Government lacks holistic energy plan''
The opposition yesterday accused the government of lacking a national energy plan or campaign on energy-saving measures. The country did not have a holistic plan...
[Latest News] Green Jobs Can Rebuild Economy
California leads the nation in the creation of "green jobs" -- employment tied to the emerging fields of alternative fuels and nonfossil energy production. That means California is a leader in environmental stewardship...
[Collectors] Ausra’s Kimberlina Solar Thermal Plant
Earlier this year, on October 27th, Ausra commissioned their first solar thermal pilot plant, a 5.0 megawatt facility located in Kimberlina, just north of Bakersfield, California...
[Latest News] Utilities Testing Solar Thermal Tech at Traditional Power Plants
The Electric Power Research Institute announced yesterday that two utility companies (Dynasty Inc and NV Energy) will test out the addition of solar thermal energy to natural gas plants in Arizona and Nevada...
[Latest News] A glass for Boosting PV and Solar Thermal Efficiency
Xerocoat wants to pull off the triple in the solar world: sell the same product to solar thermal, crystalline PV and thin film manufacturers...
[Latest News] Solar Power Generation Cost to Drop to CNY1 per KWH in 2012
China's generation cost of solar power will reach CNY 1 per KWH in 2012, predicted Shi Zhengrong, board chairman and CEO of Suntech Power...
[Latest News] Ocean City Hotel Installs 36 Solar Thermal Panels
Park Place Hotel might look yellow on the outside, but it’s getting a whole lot “greener” on the inside...
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SolarReserve gets permit for solar project totalling 200MW
SolarReserve says it has received its final permit from Saguache (suh-WAHCH') County for two planned 100-megawatt solar thermal energy facilities.
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New Concentrating Solar Power Alliance Launched
Tex Wilkins, Veteran of U.S. Department of Energy Solar Program, to Lead New Organization.
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Novatec Solar to enter South African CSP market
The plants will use the highly efficient and cost-effective ABB-Novatec Solar turnkey concept for CSP plants.
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Brightsource Energy's Power Tower Technology Selected by Sasol for South African Solar Power Plant Design
Leading global energy and chemicals company completing a front-end engineering and design (FEED) study for utility-scale solar power plant using BrightSource technology
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Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) Market
Wholesale value from concentrated solar power technology should reach an estimated $545 million for 2011 according to a new study by SBI Energy.
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Solutia's Therminol® Heat Transfer Fluid Selected for Two Solar Projects in Spain
The projects are each 50 MW solar power plants with thermal storage located in Extremadura, Spain.
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Iran to Launch 1st Electrical, Thermal, Cooling Power Plant Today
Iran announced on Monday that the country's experts and scientists have managed to build a pilot model of the first power plant in the country which can generate electricity, heat and cold simultaneously.
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Solar Water Heaters – South Africa Preparing For the Double Boom
South Africa has recorded phenomenal growth during the past four years.
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GEMCO Announces First Triple State Thermal Solar Cooling/Heating Project in Canada
The system is designed to address the cooling, heating and domestic hot water needs of the hospital using energy from the sun.
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SolarReservce gets green light on Navada Solar Thermal Project
SolarReserve’s 100 megawatt power contract with NV Energy will utilize innovative energy storage technology developed and manufactured in the United States.
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Novatec Solar’s Fresnel collector generates superheated steam above 500°C
The superheated steam technology uses vacuum absorber tubes being integrated in Novatec Solar´s market proven technology that is currently deployed in all commercial projects of Novatec Solar
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Nanoparticles Improve Solar Collection Efficiency
Using minute graphite particles 1000 times smaller than the width of a human hair, mechanical engineers at Arizona State University hope to boost the efficiency -- and profitability -- of solar power plants.
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SunWater Solar Announces Completion of 28-Collector Solar Thermal System for Housing Authority of the City of Alameda
System will heat water for 65 apartment units and garner a $42,785 CSI-Thermal rebate.
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Hydro wins orders for tubing for solar collectors
Hydro has captured its first aluminium tube orders for solar collectors, and taken the lead in Europe in the introduction of aluminium tubes to the solar thermal industry as a replacement for traditional copper tubes.
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German President Wulff visits Siemens solar receiver production plant in Israel
The Siemens plant produces high-efficiency solar receivers, which are key components of solar thermal power plants.
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Solar Thermal Use "Heats Up" in Colder Climes
NEW YORK, NY, Mar 12, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Many people associate solar energy with hot regions like Arizona and Southern California.
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Wagner & Co Supplies Solar Know How to Brewery in Uganda
It seems paradox: solar thermal energy use is most common in the countries of the North with the least solar irradiation, while in tropical countries water often is still heated electrically or by means of boilers. -
FLS Energy Begins Construction on Significant Solar Thermal Project in Eastern North Carolina
Solar shines at Prestage Foods turkey processing this Thanksgiving season.
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New Energy Capital Invests In FLS Energy, Inc., the Nation’s Largest Installer of Commercial Solar Hot Water Systems
The investment will create approximately 30 new jobs related to the manufacture and installation of SHW and PV equipment.
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India tech breakthrough in solar thermal cooling system
Gurgaon, an industrial hub in India, witnessed the inauguration of world’s most efficient solar thermal cooling system at the Solar Energy Centre there Friday.
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Siemens wins first solar receivers order for Indian solar power plant
Siemens Energy has been awarded an order to supply UVAC 2010 (Universal Vacuum Air Collector) solar receivers for a parabolic trough power plant to be built in Rajasthan, India.
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Torresol Energy Launches Commercial Operations of Twin Solar Thermal Plants in Spain
Valle 1 and Valle 2 will produce 320 GWh per year.
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SENER designs and supplies the solar fields in five new thermosolar projects in Spain
SENER has clinched several contracts for the design and supply of solar fields in Spain: the Aste 1A and Aste 1B, Termosolar Soluz Guzmán, Consol-Orellana and La Africana plants.
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SkyFuel Enters Chinese Solar Market with Parabolic Trough
SkyFuel has signed an agreement for the construction of a 50 MWe concentrating solar power (CSP) plant at a site near Huludao in China.
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Siemens to build molten salt solar thermal test facility in Portugal
The aim of the research project led by Siemens is to enhance the economy and reliability of parabolic-trough power plants.
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Roger Wallis
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08/09/2010 09:29:42
this is peak efficiency, right ?
not average annual
Henry
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28/08/2010 19:44:48
Solar is very good source, but the Light-Electricity convert rate is too low usual below 20%, One day if the rate grow to same as ...
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21/08/2010 15:50:22
It will be interesting to find out what are new results in the performance of these solar systems. I'm sure the future belongs to solar ...
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21/08/2010 15:49:18
It will be interesting to find out what are new results in the performance of these solar systems. I'm sure the future belongs to solar ...
John Hollick
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19/07/2010 18:04:59
Excellent article on solar AIR heating and PV. This may be the way of the future.
This article appeared under the solar WATER heating index.
Perhaps ...
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