News - solar energy

		California PUC approves 250-MW PG&E PPA with Abengoa CSP project
		2011/11/18 Pacific Gas & Electric, on a 4-1 vote, won California Public Utilities Commission approval Thursday for a power purchase agreement with Abengoa Solar's proposed 250-MW Mojave Concentrated Solar Power project.

		More than 18 GW of concentrated solar thermal projects in development
		2011/11/17 As of 2010, there were 1,327 MW of concentrating solar power (CSP) capacity globally and more than 18 gigawatts (GW) of concentrated solar thermal projects in development.

		Solar Millennium in negotiations on Ibersol
		2011/11/16 Solar Millennium is working hard on a new financing and ownership structure of the concentrating solar power project, aiming at a timely completion of the spanish concentrated solar thermal plant by the end of 2013.

		Masdar’s Shams 1 concentrating solar thermal power plant to start by Q3 2012
		2011/11/16 Masdar will start operating its 100- megawatt Shams 1 concentrated solar power plant by the third quarter of 2012, according to the director of Masdar Power.

		China Concentrating Solar Power Summit Will Be Held in Beijing in December
		2011/11/15 The installed capacity of concentrated solar thermal power is expected to reach 1 GW by 2015 and 3 GW by 2020.

		Reliance Power operating revenue increases by 189 percent
		2011/11/14 The renewable energy projects including a 40 MW solar energy photovoltaic project and a 100 MW concentrated solar power project in Rajasthan and a 200 MW wind energy plant.

		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.

		Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Sonoran Concentrated Solar Energy Project
		2011/11/06 The Proposed Action would consist of two independent, concentrating solar thermal power generating facilities with expected outputs of 125 MW and 250 MW.

		9 out of 10 Americans Support Solar Power, Across Political Spectrum
		2011/11/05 Survey by Kelton Research finds continued widespread public support for development of solar energy, federal incentives for solar power, across political spectrum.

		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.

		Will A New Libya Usher In The European Energy Revolution?
		2011/11/01 Ultimately, over €400 billion would be spent on concentrated solar power plants, wind energy and a super grid of high voltage DC lines.

		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.