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South Carolina Company Joins Forces with Irish Solar Thermal Product Manufacturer
Solar Energy Initiatives, Inc., with businesses in solar project development, distribution and workforce training, has announced a strategic partnership with Ireland based Surface Power, a leading designer and manufacturer of solar thermal products. The agreement allows SNRY to expand into…
A Residential CHP Unit Using a Free Piston Stirling Engine
Baxi is part of the Baxi Group, one of Europe’s leading heating and home comfort specialists. The company has developed a Micro-CHP unit, the Baxi Ecogen, a free Piston Stirling engine which will generate useable electricity as well as heat…
Ausra Selected as Technology Provider for 100 MW Concentrated Solar Thermal Power Project in Jordan
Ausra expands global market reach Mountain View, CA—September 30, 2009—Ausra, Inc. has been selected as the solar steam boiler supplier for the proposed 100-megawatt JOAN1 concentrated solar thermal power (CSP) project currently under development in Ma’an, Jordan. The selection of…
Queensland plans One of the Largest Solar Thermal Plants in the World using Molten Salt Energy Storage
Cobra Energy, a subsidiary of the Spanish ACS Group, will reportedly build a 250-megawatt solar energy plant, possibly in three sites. One of the three sites will be located near Mildura in Victoria while two sites are being planned in…
Columbia University Developing Hybrid Integrated Solar Energy System
Weidlinger Associates and Columbia University’s Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science announced recentlythat they have recieved a Phase I Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program grant, supported by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), to expedite research of a “Hybrid…
New SuperComputer Simulation Will Improve Our Understanding of Solar Activity
NASA Here is an interested development in technology that will help us as we strive to understand the solar and solar flare activity. Scientists have created the first-ever comprehensive computer model of sunspots. Ever since outward flows from the center of sunspots…
Delegation Representing 8 Arab Countries Tour Spanish Concentrated Solar Energy Facilities
A high-level delegation from the League of Arab States (also referred to as the Arab League) today visited ACCIONA’s solar thermal/CSP facility in Alvarado (Badajoz), the first of its kind in the Spanish region of Extremadura. The Delegation, led by…
US Concentrated Solar Power Market Forecast 2010
According to Siemens the CSP market is expected to be worth more than €20 billion ($27 billion) by 2020. The US has 493 MW of installed capacity forecasted by the close of 2010, and over 50 projects in the pipeline…
High Concentrated Solar PV Plant Approved for Feed-in Tariff
OPEL Solar, Inc., a leading global developer and supplier of high concentration photovoltaic (“HCPV”) solar panels and other solar products, including ground-based and rooftop tracker systems, and its Spanish partner, BETASOL, has announced that its 330 kilowatts (kW) utility-grade solar…
