News - Concentrating Solar Power

		Port Augusta’s concentrating solar thermal power future
		2011/11/13 Solar thermal plants are baseload concentrated solar power, which uses mirrors to concentrate the sun’s energy to create heat. In turn, that heat is stored to generate electricity 24 hours a day.

		Support for solar power grows in Port Augusta (Australia)
		2011/11/12 Baluch said a solar thermal plant in Port Augusta “could be a win-win for everyone and an opportunity for politicians of all persuasions to write their names into the history books and become leaders in clean, solar ther

		Combining Solar Thermal with Conventional Fuel for Hybrid Power Plants
		2011/11/11 Researchers at Tel Aviv University are developing a new technology to combine conventional fuel with solar power, which could provide a cost-effective and realistic way to integrate solar technology.

		Iberdrola: Suddenly sour on solar thermal
		2011/11/10 A blistering attack on Spain’s solar thermal sector has earned Iberdrola expulsion from the industry body Protermosolar. Why has the world’s largest renewable energy operator gone sour on CSP?

		Desert Solar Energy – A Mighty Stimulus for Economic Development
		2011/11/09 With the armed conflict in Libya coming to an end, the Arab Spring has reached an important milestone. Now the question arises of how to resolve the economical and social issues in the Arab world that triggered these eve

		No concentrated solar thermal power bubble in Spain
		2011/11/08 Concentrated solar energy is a sector that contributes to GDP 9 times more than it receives in Spain.

		Concentrated solar thermal power economy in South Africa
		2011/11/07 Why Concentrating Solar Power for South Africa? Hear the case for CSP in a coal rich country and the role concentrated solar energy can play in the energy mix of the country.

		Negotiations between Solar Millennium and solarhybrid are on track
		2011/11/03 Negotiations between Solar Millennium AG and solarhybrid AG concerning the sale of Solar Millennium’s US project pipeline are proceeding according to plan.

		GE invest 111.1 mln euros in Spain concentrating solar thermal power plant
		2011/10/31 GE and Germany's KGAL are equity investors in the 50-megawatt concentrated solar energy project, being developed by Spanish construction group ACS.

		Concentrated solar power plants are blooming in California's southern deserts
		2011/10/30 California's solar Gold Rush is under way, fueled by billions of dollars of federal stimulus funding and a new state law that requires utilities to buy a third of their electricity from renewable sources by 2020.

		92.5 MW Concentrating Solar Thermal Power plant planned for China
		2011/10/29 Hanas New Energy Group has begun construction on a concentrated solar power (CSP) project in China’s Gaoshawo town, in Yanchi county, Ningxia.

		DoE to Invest $60 Million to Develop Innovative Concentrating Solar Power Technologies
		2011/10/28 Chu announced a $60 million investment over 3 years for applied scientific research to advance cutting-edge Concentrated Solar Thermal Power (CSP) technologies.

		The barriers to renewable energy in Australia
		2011/10/27 A set feed-in tariff for large scale renewables would remove the uncertainty of a fluctuating REC market. This is what is driving the rapid expansion of large scale solar energy and wind energy in countries like Spain.

		Chile’s Minister of Energy Visits the Gemasolar Concentrating Solar Thermal Power Plant
		2011/10/26 The importance of this concentrated solar energy plant, the first of its technology in the world, has aroused the interest of numerous governments and institutions around the world.

		Iran to launch largest Middle East solar energy plant
		2011/10/25 The head of Iran's Renewable Energy Organization (SUNA) has announced the country's plan for the launch of the largest wind energy and solar power plant in the Middle East by 2015.

		Demand for stable legal framework for solar market in Spain
		2011/10/24 Luis Crespo stressed that solar thermal energy will play a significant role in the European energy mix in the future.

		The Valent® cleaning system, of Laitu Solar, achieves a 99.75% reflectivity in CPC mirrors
		2011/10/23 This is the main conclusion from the report prepared by the Institute of Technology AIDO to assess the non-damaging qualities of Valent®.

		Novatec Solar wins Technology Innovation Award 2011
		2011/10/22 Novatec Solar has been awarded the Technology Innovation Award 2011 for achievements in the development of its Linear Fresnel collector technology.

		Eaton to Provide Solutions for Arizona’s Largest Concentrating Solar Thermal Power Plant
		2011/10/21 Located 70 miles southwest of Phoenix, the plant will use concentrated solar power (CSP) technology coupled with the ability to store energy during non-sunlight hours to better meet the peak demand of Arizona.

		International Solar Thermal Electricity Association formed
		2011/10/20 Concentrated Solar Thermal Electricity Generation poised to form the Backbone of the World’s 21st Century Electricity System.