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Concentrated solar for the Northwest – Jim Maskrey

Posted by admin on July 31st, 2007

Current Commentary: Concentrated solar for the Northwest by Jim Maskrey – 7.31.07 As renewable energy gains more public visibility, concentrating solar power (CSP) could become part of the renewable energy lexicon in the near future. CSP is a generally unfamiliar family of technologies that include concentrating solar thermal technologies and concentrating photovoltaic technologies. The thermal [...]

July 25, 2007 By David Ehrlich, inside greentech Inside Greentech Reports: Solel’s announces new 553 MW concentrated solar plant at Mojave Solar Park Pacific Gas and Electric to a 25 year contract for 553 megawatts of solar power Anticipated to be online in 2011. 6,000 acres, or nine square miles, in the Mojave Desert 1.2 [...]

Concentrated Solar Power Resources

Posted by admin on July 9th, 2007

Links compiled by Maya Nouchi of Sopogy, Inc. Solar Thermal an option in large facilities (new) Schott Memorandum on Solar Thermal Power Plant Technology Concentrated Solar Power for Santa Barbara County: Analysis of High Efficiency Photovoltaic and Solar Thermal Electric Concentrating Solar Power for Energy Security and Climate Protection Tackling Climate Change in the US [...]

Concentrated Solar For Hawaii

Posted by admin on July 7th, 2007

By Adrian Akau and Darren T. Kimura Millions of visitors flock to Hawaii every year in search of the sun and thanks to the Hawaii State government, that sun is to be used for more than just perfect tans. June 29 2007, Governor Linda Lingle authorized a $10 million Special Purpose Revenue Bond to construct [...]

Concentrating Solar Power Resource Maps

Posted by admin on July 6th, 2007

From NREL website: http://www.nrel.gov/csp/maps.html These direct normal solar radiation maps—filtered by solar resource and land availability—identify the most economically suitable lands available for the deployment of large-scale concentrating solar power plants in the southwestern United States. State maps include: Arizona California Colorado New Mexico Nevada NREL has developed these maps to support the Southwest Concentrating [...]