Concentrating Solar Power (CSP)
Day 2 at India Solar Energy Summit
18 February 2011POSTED IN Editors Blogs
On the second day of the India Solar Summit in New Delhi, the first session was on the topic of the Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) market and was presented by Mr. Lokesh Jain of Mott MacDonald. In India, developers are mainly setting up CSP sites in the states of Gujarat and Rajasthan, where there is a lot of barren land and good solar irradiation. Site selection, he said, is an important factor and should take into consideration aspects such as climate conditions, terrain, grid vicinity and accessibility of a water network.
HyperSolar to Fabricate Solar Concentrator
16 February 2011POSTED IN Applications News
HyperSolar, Inc., the developer of a breakthrough technology that magnifies the power of the sun to significantly increase the power output of solar cells, today announced that it has successfully completed a prototype design of its innovative thin solar concentrator.
Cool Energy Announces First Customers for SolarHeart Engines
15 February 2011POSTED IN Business News
Cool Energy, Inc., a developer of clean energy heat and power systems, today announced that it has received the first two customer orders for its novel renewable energy Stirling engines.
Southwest Solar Technologies' Very Large Dish
15 February 2011POSTED IN Applications News
Southwest Solar Technologies Inc. announced today that it has commissioned the largest commercial solar dish in North America, which is used as part of the company’s dish-turbine solar power system for generating electricity.
Fraunhofer Study: Solar Thermal for MENA Region
09 February 2011POSTED IN Applications News
The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region stands to profit greatly from the expansion of concentrated solar power (CSP) capacity in the future as shown by a new study on behalf of the World Bank by the Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research ISI and the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE.
Concentrated Solar Power Market is Hot, Hot, Hot
01 February 2011POSTED IN Business News
According to a recent report by Lux Research, the concentrated solar power market is poised for gigawatt-scale adoption in 2011.
Siemens' Molten Salt Solar Thermal Test Facility in Portugal
01 February 2011POSTED IN Applications News
As part of the High-Performance Solar Thermal Power research project sponsored by the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, Siemens together with German partner companies is to build a power plant test facility operating with molten salt as heat transfer medium.
Greek Solar Plant Receives License
20 January 2011POSTED IN Politics and Policy News
Nur-MOH SA today announced that it received a 38 megawatt (MW) Electricity Generation License for a solar power plant on the island of Crete in Greece from the Greek regulatory agency.
GTM Research Finds CSP Market Losing to PV
13 January 2011POSTED IN Business News
GTM Research forecasts concentrating solar power (CSP) installations to slow down in 2011, with 472 megawatts (MW) slated to come online versus the 767MW deployed in 2010.
Southwest Solar Opens Research Park in Phoenix
13 January 2011POSTED IN Business News
Southwest Solar Technologies announced today that it has completed initial development of the Southwest Solar Research Park in Phoenix, Arizona. The 7.3-hectare (18-acre) secured facility is located just south of Sky Harbor Airport in Phoenix. The focal point of the facility, a 23-metre (75-foot) diameter concentrating solar power (CSP) dish, is visible to commuters as they cross the Salt River along US Interstate Route 10.
Energy Telescope Aims for $1/Watt
12 January 2011POSTED IN Research
Researchers at the University of Arizona, led by Roger Angel, have undertaken the development of a solar energy module with one goal in mind: producing solar energy at a cost low enough to compete with fossil fuel without the need for government subsidies. So far, they are on track to accomplish this.
Caption: Researchers completed an end-to-end test in which a reflector with 4 rectangular segments powers a receiver with 8 triple junction cells. The receiver’s ball lens glows with concentrated sunlight in this first test, which yielded 500W of DC power. Images courtesy of REhnu LLC.
Hillary Clinton Praises Masdar Leadership in Renewable Energy
10 January 2011POSTED IN Politics and Policy News
The Secretary of State of the United States of America, Hon. Hillary Rodham Clinton, today delivered a speech at the Masdar Institute of Science and Technology campus – the Middle East’s first graduate research institution dedicated to innovations in clean energy located at Masdar City – affirming the strong relationship between the US and the United Arab Emirates.
Sector 10 Acquires Solar Tracer Corp. and Its CSP Collector
10 January 2011POSTED IN Business News
Sector 10, Inc. has acquired 100% of Solar Tracer Corporation, an alternative energy research and development (R&D) company seeking to capitalize on the $450 billion (USD) global alternative energy market by developing Solar Tracer, a low-cost, high-efficiency, concentrated solar power (CSP) collector, for national and international licensing and sale.
Ahura Solar Concentrating Systems signs PPA with PG&E
06 January 2011POSTED IN Business News
Ahura, a California-based developer of concentrating solar systems, signed its first Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with PG&E for a 1.0 megawatt (MW) system.
Could Solar Energy Mean a Brighter Future for the US-Mexico Border Region?
03 January 2011POSTED IN Guest Blogs
The violence that has plagued the US-Mexico border has dominated the world’s view of the region, and for very good reason. At the merciless hands of the narcotics trade, lives have been lost, people live in fear, and economic development has been impacted. But that is not the whole story of the border region. Shining on the region with great intensity is the world’s greatest source of energy – the sun.
850MW Calico Solar Project Acquired
03 January 2011POSTED IN Applications News
K Road Power Holdings, LLC announced today its wholly owned subsidiary K Road Sun, LLC has acquired California’s Calico Solar Project from Tessera Solar North America, Inc.
500MW Palen Solar Project Secures Decision
16 December 2010POSTED IN Applications News
Solar Trust of America, LLC, an integrated solar solutions company, announced today that its project development subsidiary, Solar Millennium, LLC, has secured a final decision from the California Energy Commission (CEC) for its 500 Megawatt (MW) Palen Solar Power Project.
Circadian Solar Achieves 30% CPV Module Efficiency
16 December 2010POSTED IN Applications News
Circadian Solar, a concentrated photovoltaic (CPV) systems supplier, has achieved a temperature-corrected peak module aperture efficiency of 30% during trials at its test site in Lisbon, Portugal.
New Concentrated Solar Power Plant for Research in Spain
02 December 2010POSTED IN Research
European research ministers and the European Commission have given the go-ahead to three new European energy research infrastructures, including a concentrated solar plant in Spain.
Major Players in Dii Consortium: Bringing Desertec to life, part 2
30 November 2010POSTED IN Business Features
DESERTEC, the largest solar power project in the world, intends to implement concentrating solar power, photovoltaic systems and wind generators in the Sahara Desert. The consortium Dii GmbH was formed by a group of European and North African companies and the Desertec Foundation and it is charged with creating the technical plan and launching the project through contracts that will bring it to life.
