Spanish Solar Plant Produces Electricity for 24 Hours Straight
While Americans celebrated U.S. history on the Fourth of July yesterday, a company in Spain celebrated an historic moment for...
New York’s Solar Thermal Plans
By unveiling a solar heating and cooling programme that could create 25,000 new green jobs, generate US$2.6 billion in revenue and see 2 GW of new solar thermal capacity installed in the state over the next decade, New York has revealed its ambition to become America’s national leader in solar heating and cooling. Thermal storage is also an area that, if effectively solved, would allow for additional advancement of the industry
Morocco’s new Solar Project to Generate 2000MWs
Morocco is a North African country with no oil reserves. But nature has endowed this country with another bounty i.e....
California Proposes First Renewable Energy Storage Requirements
California Attorney General Jerry Brown has announced a completely new kind of renewable energy legislation, introduced by State Assembly member...
Saudi Arabia to Replace Oil with Sun Power for Desalination Plants
You would imagine that a desert country like Saudi Arabia would have to rely a lot on desalination for a...
eSolar Licenses Technology for China’s First Solar Thermal Plant
Concentrating solar power (CSP) company eSolar has licensed its technology to Penglai Electric, a privately-owned Chinese electrical power equipment manufacturer,...
Largest Solar Tower Plant Begins Operation
Seville, 23 September 2009 – Their Majesties, Don Juan Carlos and Doña Sofía, today presided over the inauguration of Abengoa’s...
12 Companies Plan Establishment of the Desertec Industrial Initiative
Munich – 12 companies today signed a Memorandum of Understanding in Munich to establish a DESERTEC Industrial Initiative (DII). The...
‘Cardboard cooker’ wins climate prize
A new solar-powered cooker fashioned from cardboard boxes has won a prize that will fund its manufacture for use across...