News - solar energy

		A solar power research and test centre for Morocco
		2013/05/23 The German Aerospace Centre (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) is devising plans for a solar power research and test centre in Morocco.

		Ivanpah Concentrating Solar Power Project Is More Than 92 Percent Complete
		2013/05/23 As the Ivanpah concentrated solar power project nears completion, the team continues to move full steam ahead.

		Enhanced solar power by dry-cooled energy generation
		2013/05/23 The aim of the EU-funded MACCSOL project has been to develop more efficient dry cooling technologies.

		Infinia Raises $8.3 Million for Concentrating Solar Power Systems
		2013/05/23 Infinia Corp, the Utah based CSP company, has raised $8,325,000 since January as part of a private financing round.

		Kuwait’s CSP projects
		2013/05/23 Three major concentrating solar power (CSP) projects in the oil-rich nation of Kuwait will take advantage of the sun, bringing them off the drawing boards and into reality.

		Saudi Arabia looks to NREL for solar power expertise
		2013/05/23 Saudi Arabia is planning to move aggressively into renewable energy, with plans to install more solar and wind power in the next 20 years than the rest of the world has installed to date.

		Reliance Power Concentrating Solar Power Plant Stalled by Water Delay
		2013/05/23 A Reliance Power Ltd. (RPWR) solar-thermal plant should start up next month after missing a May deadline because Indian authorities failed to lay a water pipeline to the site in time.

		Oman: PAEW identifies 4 locations for big solar power projects
		2013/05/23 The Authority had commissioned a study on suitable alternative energy resources and to set up renewable energy projects in the sultanate.

		Ivanpah site visit announced for CSP Today USA in June
		2013/05/22 Attendees of CSP Today USA 2013 (26-27 June, Las Vegas) will be given a unique opportunity to visit the 392 MW Ivanpah Solar Power Facility, the largest CSP plant under construction in the world.

		Petroleum Development Oman and GlassPoint Commission the Middle East’s First Solar EOR Project
		2013/05/21 Enclosed Trough system uses the sun’s energy to produce steam for thermal EOR; exceeded contracted performance by 10 percent in first test.

		BrightSource Energy Names Steven Goers Senior Vice President of Operations
		2013/05/20 BrightSource Energy, a leading concentrating solar power company, has named Steven Goers as senior vice president of operations, effective immediately.

		Nextera leaves the Concentrated Solar Power in Spain
		2013/05/19 The PP government policy has cost 5,000 million euros to the Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) in Spain.

		Ivanpah site visit announced for CSP Today USA in June
		2013/05/18 Attendees of CSP Today USA 2013 (26-27 June, Las Vegas) will be given a unique opportunity to visit the 392MW Ivanpah Solar Power Facility, the largest CSP plant under construction in the world.

		India May Defer Fines on $1 Billion Concentrating Solar Power Plants
		2013/05/18 India’s Ministry of New and Renewable Energy is seeking to defer penalties on about $1 billion of concentrated solar power projects that are delayed by a lack of water, financing difficulties and equipment shortages.

		The Impact of Shale Gas in Concentrating Solar Power development
		2013/05/17 It has always been an unlevelled playing field for renewable energy in an industry dominated by old, cash rich fossil fuel giants with a low of political power.

		CSP Today USA, Uncertainty Surrounding CSP Growth as Natural Gas Boom Continues
		2013/05/16 With gas price hitting rock bottom, the cost competitiveness of solar projects in the short to mid-term will be harder to meet than ever before.

		Fraunhofer ISE and India agree to cooperate in solar power research
		2013/05/16 On the Indian side, the Solar Energy Center SEC in Delhi, which belongs to the Ministry for New and Renewable Energy MNRE, will coordinate the work with Fraunhofer ISE.

		SENER attends the beginning of construction commemorative ceremony of CSP plant in Morocco
		2013/05/16 SENER, an international engineering and technology group, was present in the first foundation stone ceremony of the concentrating solar thermal plant in Ouarzazate (Morocco).

		CSP funds prepare lawsuits against Spain
		2013/05/16 According to the Spanish Solar Thermal Industry (Protermosolar), between 35 and 40 percent of investment in the capital of the Spanish concentrated solar power plants are foreign.

		Primoris Services Corporation Announces New CSP Contract Work Valued At Over $40 Million
		2013/05/16 The ARB Industrial Group was awarded a new contract for power block mechanical work at a 250MW Concentrated Solar Power plant near Hinkley, California.