News - DoE

		Value in Concentrating Solar Power to Add to Electric Grid Calculated
		2013/05/08 Researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have quantified the significant value that concentrating solar power (CSP) plants can add to an electric grid.

		Paul Ryan vs. SolarReserve CEO Kevin Smith
		2013/03/28 Congressman Paul Ryan (R-WI), Mitt Romney’s VP candidate, attacked SolarReserve’s 110-megawatt Crescent Dunes solar power tower project.

		The progress of the SunShot Initiative examined at CSP Today USA 2013
		2013/03/13 CSP Today USA 2013 (26-27 June, Las vegas) will host exclusive SunShot Initiative roundtables to share the latest R&D aimed at driving down CSP costs and optimizing system efficiency.

		SkyFuel Selected for US DOE Funding of Concentrating Solar Power
		2013/03/07 ReflecTech® mirror film is used to reflect sunlight onto the receivers of parabolic trough Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) collector systems.

		Concentrating Solar Power SunShot Research and Development
		2013/03/04 The DOE seeks to support research into technologies that have the potential to dramatically increase efficiency, lower costs, and deliver more reliable performance.

		Photovoltaic, Concentrated Solar Power produced 4.34 TWh in the US in 2012
		2013/03/02 In Spain, Italy and Germany PV and Concentrating Solar Power met 4-6% of demand, more than 10x as much as the United States.

		US DOE announces 17 million available for PV, CSP, electronic component testing
		2013/03/02 PREDICTS will fund projects to improve the lifetime and reliability of solar photovoltaic (PV) modules and concentrating solar power (CSP) components.

		Can Solar CSP Be Integrated With a Fossil Fuel Plant?
		2012/12/31 Gigawatts of concentrating solar power could be built and integrated into existing fossil fuel plants, according to the DOE.

		US DOE to fund hybrid solar-fossil fuel power plant projects
		2012/12/18 With the aim of making it cheaper and easier to expand the use of solar power, the US Department of Energy would provide $20 million to several projects that seek to create a hybrid concentrating-solar and fossil-fuel po

		Indo-US solar energy centre Seriius launched in Mumbai
		2012/12/08 The initiative is jointly funded by Govt of india, dept of science and technology and US department of energy.

		Molten Salt Systems for Next Generation Concentrated Solar Power Systems
		2012/10/31 Inspired by President Kennedy’s “Moon Shot” program that put the first man on the moon, the SunShot Initiative has created new momentum for the solar industry.

		In Search of Better Solar Mirrors
		2012/10/25 The U.S. Department of Energy has funded two projects at Oak Ridge National Laboratory seeking to improve the mirrors used on solar farms to collect power.

		SRNL Researchers Awarded $6.3 Million in DOE Solar Grants
		2012/10/24 SRNL’s research will focus on improving CSP systems that use mirrors to focus sunlight onto receivers that heat a fluid used to generate electricity using a turbine.

		SEIA Statement on Dept. of Interior’s Solar Power PEIS Decision
		2012/10/22 “We thank the Department of the Interior and the Department of Energy for finalizing the process for solar energy development on public lands."

		Obama Administration Approves Roadmap for Solar Power on Public Lands
		2012/10/21 The U.S. DoI announced that it had issued a Record of Decision approving an environmental impact statement for developing solar energy facilities on almost 20 million acres of public lands in six states.

		Interior Department Rolls Out New Solar Power Program
		2012/10/18 No overriding regulation mandated the establishment of this program – although it was dictated by the biggest threat the public lands have ever faced – climate change.

		ORNL research to boost concentrating solar power collector
		2012/10/18 In a push to lower the cost of solar power, the Department of Energy has funded two projects at Oak Ridge National Laboratory focused on improving concentrating solar power collector and receiver performance.

		High-Tech Mirrors and Superheated Fluid Make CSP More Efficient and Cost Competitive
		2012/10/09 The University of Arizona College of Engineering will lead a $5.5 million, 5-year research project, funded by the U.S. Department of Energy, to develop more affordable and efficient concentrated solar power systems.

		UA engineering leads $5.5 million DOE project to create low-cost solar energy
		2012/10/08 The award was made as part of the Department of Energy's SunShot Initiative, in an effort to make solar energy cost-competitive with other energy sources by 2020.

		Thermal Storage Gets More Solar Power on the Grid
		2012/09/28 To the rescue comes concentrating solar power (CSP), a technology being tested and deployed by utilities in America's deserts and southern Spain.