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PLN to Operate Largest Solar-powered Plant
It is not the first time when PLN has taken an innovative step in developing renewable energy in order to increase the electrification number ratio as well as to reduce the need of fossil fuels. Utilizing the power of sun this time in the outer islands of Indonesia, it has build a Solar Power Center. [...]
Abu Dhabi’s $600M Solar Power Plant
Abu Dhabi’s $600m solar power plant, The Shams 1 is spread over 2.5 kilometers and is expected to generate 100 MW of power annually. The project is the first utility scale, commercial solar power project for Abu Dhabi and the enclosing region. The outcome of a joint venture between Masdar, Total and Abengoa, the strong [...]
Plant-based Solar Technology Ready for the Big Leagues
BioSolar, a company developing a new technology to produce bio-based materials from renewable plant sources, has plans to strike up manufacturing partnerships to reduce production costs of its BioBacksheet product and meet bulkier orders. The company hopes its technology will reduce the cost of photovoltaic (PV) solar modules. “Recent events have helped us to solidify [...]
Andasol CSP Plant Commissions Third Unit
The world’s largest commercial solar power plant at Andasol in Spain has commissioned its third 50 MW unit taking the total installed capacity to 150 MW. The Andasol 3 unit was commissioned on 30 September this year. The first two units have been operating from 2008 and 2009. The unit 3 is identical in design [...]
Making Your Own Portable Solar Power Plant
Want to build your own portable solar power plant? Who doesn’t? Lets have a look at the process of structuring your own portable solar power plant so you can fulfill your lifelong dream: Difficulty level Designing your own portable solar power plant is not a very difficult task. If you know the steps and use [...]
BREAKING: GE Solar Thin Film Plant to Open in Colorado $GE
After month’s of lobbying, Colorado will become the home of General Electric’s proposed 400 megawatt cadmium telluride (CdTe) solar panel factory, according to Colorado Energy News and other sources. GE announced the completed acquisition of PrimeStar Solar in April of this year, the original developer of the CdTe technology. GE (NYSE: GE) claims to have [...]
Qatar to Build $1B Polysilicon Manufacturing Plant
Qatar Solar Technologies (QSTec) has announced it will build a US$1 billion polysilicon manufacturing plant in Ras Laffan Industrial City. The plant is expected to produce 8,000 metric tons of polysilicon per year. QSTec expects the facility to be operational in the second half of 2013. Dr. Khalid K Al Hajri, CEO of QSTec said the [...]
Campbell Soup Turns to Solar for Ohio Plant
Campbell Soup (NYSE:CPB) has a 9.8 MW solar array under construction at its Napoleon, Ohio manufacturing plant. When it’s finished this year, it will supply 15% of the plant’s electricity. Cambell’s is buying all the electricity from the 60-acre project, which is being installed by BNB Renewable Energy Holdings and Enfinity America Corp. FirstEnergy Solutions (Akron, Ohio) will purchase the Solar [...]
New Plant Mimicking Machine that uses Solar to Generate Fuels
A team of researchers in the US and Switzerland have created amachine that like plants uses solar energy to produce fuels, which canlater be used in different ways. The machine makes use of the sun’s rays and a metal oxide called ceria to break down carbon dioxide or water in fuels that can be stored [...]