Integrating the function of a solar power panel that captures light, and a cheap battery that stores energy into one hybrid device, researchers have successfully invented the world’s first solar energy battery. The device will help bring down the costs of renewable energy by 25%, the researchers said. The key to the innovation is … Continue reading First rechargeable solar energy battery
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US DOE Awarding $25 Million To Reduce Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) Costs
The US Energy Department has launched a $25m funding program to advance concentrated solar power (CSP) system technologies. The investment targets research and development projects to improve the performance and increase the efficiency of all components of CSP plants. Building on the Obama Administration’s Climate Action Plan, the Energy Department today announced $25 … Continue reading US DOE Awarding $25 Million To Reduce Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) Costs
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Expansion of Morocco’s Largest Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) Complex to Provide 1.1 Million Moroccans with Solar Energy
The World Bank Group’s Board of Executive Directors approved a US$519 million project to support Morocco’s ongoing efforts to reduce its dependency on fossil fuels by developing its renewable energy resources. The Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) project will back the government’s strategy of harnessing power from the sun through the use of concentrated solar power … Continue reading Expansion of Morocco’s Largest Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) Complex to Provide 1.1 Million Moroccans with Solar Energy
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Enel Green Power is growing in Chile, Brazil, Uruguay, South Africa and Morocco, increasing its wind energy and solar power capacity
Enel Green Power’s growth in the renewable energy markets of new emerging nations like Chile, Brazil, Uruguay, South Africa and Morocco continues, creating a network of worksites, new plants and tenders that stretches across the Atlantic Ocean. Work has started at the Talinay Poniente site for the construction of a new 61-megawatt wind farm. The … Continue reading Enel Green Power is growing in Chile, Brazil, Uruguay, South Africa and Morocco, increasing its wind energy and solar power capacity
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Renewable Energy spending at $175 Billion on Chinese Rise
Figures for the third quarter show another year-on-year rise, with a solar energy boom in China the biggest single contributor. About $175 billion was spent globally on renewable energy projects during the first three quarters, up 16 percent from the same period last year, with Chinese solar investment at a record, according to a Bloomberg … Continue reading Renewable Energy spending at $175 Billion on Chinese Rise
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Toshiba, Mitsui Complete 56 MW Wind Power and Solar Energy Plant in Japan
Toshiba Corp., Mitsui & Co. and partners completed a power station in central Japan that combines solar power and wind energy technologies. The Aichi prefecture plant, with 50 megawatts of solar capacity and 6 megawatts of wind, will start operations tomorrow, the companies said in a statement today. Six other companies are taking part in … Continue reading Toshiba, Mitsui Complete 56 MW Wind Power and Solar Energy Plant in Japan
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IEA: Solar energy, PV and Concentrated Solar Power, could dominate electricity by 2050
According to the roadmap, it could hit 1,000 GW of concentrated solar power (CSP) capacity, up from 4 GW today by 2050. Since 2010, generation of solar thermal electricity (STE) from concentrated solar power (CSP) plants has grown strongly worldwide. Concentrating solar plants (CSP) generate solar thermal electricity (STE) while producing no greenhouse … Continue reading IEA: Solar energy, PV and Concentrated Solar Power, could dominate electricity by 2050
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Schneider Electric solution to manage operations at SA’s inaugural concentrated solar power (CSP) plants
Schneider Electric has signed an agreement to install the distributed control system (DCS) for the two concentrated solar power (CSP) plants, Khi Solar One and KaXu Solar One, in South Africa. Schneider Electric, a global specialist in energy management, has signed an agreement to design, install and manage the distributed control system (DCS) … Continue reading Schneider Electric solution to manage operations at SA’s inaugural concentrated solar power (CSP) plants
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Solar energy capacity addition to touch 48,000 MW this year
Global solar power installations are projected to touch 48,000 MW in 2014, much higher than the generation capacity added last year amid policy adjustments in some countries. Mercom Capital Group, a global clean energy communications and consulting firm, today said that the first half of 2014 was not spectacular in terms of solar energy capacity … Continue reading Solar energy capacity addition to touch 48,000 MW this year
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Palen Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) project dropped by developers BrightSource Energy and Abengoa
BrightSource Energy and Abengoa Solar withdrew their application for the Palen concentrating solar power project Friday afternoon. BrightSource Energy and Abengoa Solar withdrew their application for the Palen concentrating solar power project Friday afternoon, a shocking turn of events following the project’s preliminary approval by state regulators just two weeks ago. The developers could eventually … Continue reading Palen Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) project dropped by developers BrightSource Energy and Abengoa
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Ecoppia Selected for Five New Solar Energy Projects
Ecoppia, an innovative developer of automated, water-free photovoltaic (PV) solar panel cleaning solutions, today announced the deployment of its E4 robotic solar panel cleaning system at five Middle Eastern PV production facilities. Upon the projects’ completion in early 2015, Ecoppia’s technology will clean more than 5 million panels every month, deployed across more than 40 … Continue reading Ecoppia Selected for Five New Solar Energy Projects
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Azerbaijan to construct new wind farm
The construction of a wind farm is completed in the Yeni Yashma village. Oxu.Az reports with reference to APA-Economics that the statement came from the head of the State Agency for Alternative and Renewable Energy Akim Badalov speaking to journalists in the Caspian-European club reporters today. “At the moment we carry out the inspection work, … Continue reading Azerbaijan to construct new wind farm
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Saudi Arabia has drafted plans for a solar energy network
The state-owned King Abdullah City for Atomic and Renewable Energy has overseen a project to construct solar energy plants in five provinces in the Gulf Cooperation Council kingdom. Officials said the agency, which received regulatory approval, was preparing to begin the project in 2015. “King Abdullah City has received land for the facilities and was … Continue reading Saudi Arabia has drafted plans for a solar energy network
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Flowserve Completes Engineering for Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) Plants in Africa
Flowserve has completed engineering and is now heavily engaged in manufacturing key pumping systems for the Ouarzazate and Bokpoort Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) projects. Flowserve Corporation (NYSE: FLS), a leading provider of flow control products and services for the global infrastructure markets, announced that it has completed engineering and is now heavily engaged in manufacturing … Continue reading Flowserve Completes Engineering for Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) Plants in Africa
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Abengoa announces its first asset sale to Abengoa Yield: two Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) plants and a wind power plant
The renewable assets sold consist of Solacor and PS, Concentrating Solar Power assets with a combined capacity of 131 MW located in Spain,and Cadonal, a 50 MW wind farm located in Uruguay. Abengoa today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement with Abengoa Yield, subject to the closing of financing, to sell three renewable … Continue reading Abengoa announces its first asset sale to Abengoa Yield: two Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) plants and a wind power plant
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Australia is the the worst country for renewable energy projects
Across town, Rhys Jacobs is in his office at the University of South Australia’s Sustainable Energy Centre. There, the 23-year-old PhD student is working on a project for use in the Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) industry. CSP represents the other half of the solar energy industry from the photovoltaic solar cells made by Tindo. CSP … Continue reading Australia is the the worst country for renewable energy projects
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Renewable energy projects could ease Lebanon’s power woes
A flicker of light in Lebanon’s crippling energy crisis could lie in the form of renewable energy projects. Industry experts say that a series of projects in the pipeline could mark the start of a trend in which Lebanon shyly starts going green. One such project is a solar farm that is scheduled to be … Continue reading Renewable energy projects could ease Lebanon’s power woes
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Trinum: pocket-sized solar energy
A concentrated thermodynamic cogeneration system that can simultaneously generate electricity and thermal energy. This new example of Enel Green Power’s open innovation is based on an idea dating back to 1816. It’s a flower made up of mirrors that can track sunlight and close down when there’s continuous wind, rain or hail. But it’s also … Continue reading Trinum: pocket-sized solar energy
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Egypt sets new feed-in tariffs for wind energy and solar power
The government hopes for new and renewable energy to account for 20% Egypt’s total energy mix by 2020. The Ministry of Electricity announced Saturday pricing for electricity generated by new and renewable energy sources for households and private sector companies. Minister of Electricity Mohamed Shaker said in a press conference that the purpose of the … Continue reading Egypt sets new feed-in tariffs for wind energy and solar power
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India’s Push for Renewable Energy
Growing economies like China and India, which are set to contribute more than half of the global increase in carbon emissions in the next 25 years, will play a critical role in any effort to address climate change. Shortly after Modi took office in May, one of his party officials made a sweeping promise: India … Continue reading India’s Push for Renewable Energy
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