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The Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) market will rise again in 2012 and in the next five years, according to new research from SBI Energy. Emerging from an enforced hiatus by PV solar technologies, the global capacity of utility-scale CSP was 2 GW at the close of 2011 with approximately another 2500 to 3500 MW becoming […]
Feb 1 2012 | Posted in Africa,Articles | Read More » 
BrightSource Energy, Inc., a leading solar thermal technology company, has filed an Application for Certification (AFC) with the California Energy Commission to develop three 250 megawatt (nominal) solar power tower plants (750 megawatts combined) in California’s Riverside County. The power towers, which will be located primarily on land owned by the Metropolitan Water District, will collectively […]
In October 2011, BrightSource Energy filed an Application for Certification with the California Energy Commission for the development of a three 250 megawatt (nominal) solar power plants (750 megawatts nominal combined) in California’s Riverside County. If approved, the Rio Mesa Solar Electric Generating Facility (SEGF) will use BrightSource’s proprietary LPT solar thermal energy system and […]
Oct 15 2011 | Posted in | Read More » 
BrightSource’s LPT solar thermal system is currently being deployed at the Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System (ISEGS) in California’s Mojave Desert. Ivanpah, which started construction in October 2010, is the first project that will deliver power to serve the company’s signed contracts with PG&E and Southern California Edison. The project – which counts NRG Solar, […]
Oct 15 2011 | Posted in | Read More » 
Southwest Solar Technologies Inc. announced today the successful on-sun testing and proof of concept of a highly advanced solar-turbine power system being developed by the Company. The full-scale prototype test was the first operational validation of the integrated system, which uses a large parabolic solar dish with mirrors to concentrate the sun’s energy to power […]
Crete: 38MW Solar Electricity License Granted From Greek Regulatory Agency NUR-MOH SA has 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. The Crete Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) plant will be the first in Europe to […]
BrightSource Energy to join the 4th International Concentrated Solar Thermal Power Summit as speakers This year in Sevilla, on November 15 to 17, over 700 people will get together next month to network & discuss with other experts of the CSP industry. Charles Rickter, Sr Vice President of BrightSource Energy (USA) will join a 50 […]
Oct 23 2010 | Posted in Concentrated Solar | Read More »
