MENA
EASAC says solar power can play “major role” in switch to renewables
Thursday, 17 November 2011 Toby Price The European Academies Science Advisory Council (EASAC), which brings together the national science academies of the EU Member States, marked its 10th anniversary earlier this month. During the event ...
Micro CSP developer signs MOU for financing with Chinese investment firm
Wednesday, 16 November 2011 REM Sopogy, Inc., a developer of micro concentrated solar power (MicroCSP) technologies, has signed a memorandum of understanding for equity and project finance with Sichuan Dongjia Investment Company, th...
Abengoa announces final completion of the investment by First Reserve
Friday, 04 November 2011 REMAbengoa, the international technology and energy company has successfully concluded the deal announced on 4 October with First Reserve Corporation.
Novatec Solar superheats steam using solar power
Tuesday, 25 October 2011 REM Concentrating solar power (CSP) specialist, Novatec Solar, has used an innovative Fresnel receiver design to successfully generate superheated steam at temperatures above 500°C at its 1.4 megawatt (M...
Solar thermal electricity goes global
Tuesday, 18 October 2011 Toby Price In an announcement timed to coincide with the International Energy Agency's (IEA) biennial Ministerial Meeting in Paris today, the industry associations representing the solar thermal electricity indu...
CSP Today two-part guide to South Africa
CSP alternative to coal in South Africa
Monday, 17 October 2011 REM In Part 2 of the CSP Today South Africa Guide, we look at how South Africa should be readily embracing concentrating solar power (CSP) as a low-carbon, sustainable, base load energy alternative to coa...
Botswana
Plans to develop 200-MW CSP plant in Southern African country
Thursday, 13 October 2011 Toby Price Spain’s National Renewable Energy Centre (Cener) is leading a project to examine the technical and economic feasibility of constructing a 200-MW concentrating solar power (CSP) plant in the African ...
CSP Today two-part guide to South Africa
South Africa must overcome local hurdles to grow CSP
Wednesday, 12 October 2011 REM Lacking of a definitive Government energy policy in South Africa has been a key barrier hindering progress in the Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) market in the country. If these challenges can be overc...
Israel
HelioBooster CSP system to increase output at fossil fuel plant
Tuesday, 11 October 2011 Toby Price HelioFocus and IEC (the Israel Electric Company) have signed a contract for boosting the Ramat Hovav power plant (located in the southern area of Israel) with 1 MW of clean electricity. HelioFocus wil...
Solar Millennium cashes out of US power plant investments
Monday, 10 October 2011 REMConcentrated solar-thermal company Solar Millennium AG is selling four power plants it has been developing in the US to fellow German developer Solarhydrid AG for an undisclosed amount.
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