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Arizona seeks to become the ‘Persian Gulf’ of solar energy mongabay.com February 22, 2008 With a Spanish company’s plans to dramatically expand solar capacity in the desert southwest of Phoenix, Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano said Arizona could become the “Persian Gulf of solar energy,” according to the Associated Press. Abengoa Solar intends to begin construction [...]
Large concentrated solar power plants would complement photovoltaic farms in the Southwest. The Kramer Junction plant in California’s Mojave Desert using technology from Solel in Beit Shemesh, Israel, has been operating since 1989. Metallic parabolic mirrors focus sunlight on a pipe, heating fluids such as ethylene glycol inside. The mirrors rotate to track the sun. [...]
Executive Summary The major share of energy which is needed in industrial production processes is below 250°C – a temperature level, which could be well supplied by solar thermal technologies. The lower temperature level (< 80°C) can already be provided today with commercially available solar thermal collectors. Most solar applications for industrial processes are on [...]
Solar Process Heat A transpired collector is installed at a FedEx facility in Denver. Commercial and industrial buildings may use the same solar technologies—photovoltaics, passive heating, daylighting, and water heating—that are used for residential buildings. These nonresidential buildings can also use solar energy technologies that would be impractical for a home. These technologies include ventilation [...]
Solar electrical systems aren’t only being considered for homes and business buildings. At least three solar farms are being considered for Hawai’i. The James Campbell Co. last month signed an agreement with a Hoku Scientific Inc. unit to plan a Kapolei Sustainable Energy Park that would be capable of generating 1.5 mega watts of power, [...]
New Opportunities for CSP byDarren Kimura, John Rei, and James Maskrey Sopogy, Inc. The energy bills now being considered by Congress offer both challenges and opportunities for CSP. Some of the opportunities are obvious, particularly the proposed extension of renewable energy tax credits and provision of new research funds to further commercial applications of CSP. [...]
CSP: Market Trends and New Technologies by Stephen Lacey, Podcast Editor Peterborough, New Hampshire [RenewableEnergyAccess.com] Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) is emerging as one of the most promising utility-scale renewable energy sources. The launch of Nevada Solar One last June sparked a revival for this so-called “sleeping giant” in the U.S. and marked the first of [...]