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New Project Will Forecast Solar Generation
The California Energy Commission (CEC) has awarded $1.7 million to a partnership between Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and Cool Earth Solar Inc. (CES) to conduct a community-scale renewable energy integration demonstration project at the Livermore Valley Open Campus. The central idea of the project is to use solar forecasting to make photovoltaic power generation more [...]
Everybody Solar Completes Funding for Rebuilding Together Peninsula Project
Everybody Solar announced today that it has surpassed its fundraising goal of $34,000 and can now begin its inaugural solar project, a 13.5 kW system on the roof of Rebuilding Together Peninsula (RTP). The fundraising effort kicked off in May of last year and has attracted approximately 100 donors to date. This installation will bring much needed solar [...]
REPORT: “Compelling Reasons” to Develop Concentrated Solar Power (CSP)
A while back, we interviewed Belen Gallego, Founder & Director at CSP Today and PV Insider, on the future of Concentrated Solar Power (CSP). Now, researchers at CSP Today have completed a guide to CSP’s current role and future potential in the US energy mix. According to lead researcher Jack Ahearne, “there are a number of compelling [...]
CSP Big Tuna’s Team Up on Palen Solar Project
Two of the giant concentrating solar power (CSP) companies, Abengoa and BrightSource Energy have agreed to jointly develop, build and operate the 500 MW Palen Solar Power Project. BrightSource purchased the Palen project from Solar Millennium, which went bankrupt. But now the two CSP companies will work together to permit and finance the two power tower [...]
The 100K Solar Lantern Project Announced by Panasonic
Panasonic Corporation is set to distribute 100,000 solar L.E.D. lanterns to people in electricity scarce regions across the world by 2018 to mark the company’s centennial anniversary. The 100 Thousand Solar Lantern Project aims to help address many of the problems in non-electrified areas by using solar lanterns that can generate electricity from sunlight during [...]
North Carolina Gets Largest Solar Farm in Eastern U.S
North Carolina will be home to the biggest solar PV farm in the eastern states when local solar developer Strata gets approval for a 100 megawatt (MW) plant. Chapel Hill-based Strata Solar wants to start construction on the $250 million project late this year and complete it in 10 months. Located in Duplin County, it will cover [...]
IKEA: Florida’s Largest Non Utility Solar Owner
While Ikea’s newest rooftop solar installation in Sunrise, Fla. makes the Swedish furniture manufacturer and retailer the largest non-utility solar owner in the state, it also illustrates the company’s commitment to sustainability. “We think it’s very significant,” said spokesman Joseph Roth. “Not many folks make the investment to purchase their own systems. We think it [...]
Brightsource Puts Brakes on Huge Rio Mesa CSP Project
BrightSource Energy has pulled back on one of its biggest planned projects because of extended and expensive permitting delays. The 500 megawatt (MW) Rio Mesa project - due to begin construction this year - consists of two 250 MW concentrating solar tower plants spread over 4,000 acres in Riverside County, California. When Brightsource learned that still more studies were needed after over a year of reviews, it decided Rio wouldn’t [...]
Abu Dhabi CSP Plant Coming Online
A 100 megawatt (MW) concentrating solar plant (CSP) under construction in Abu Dhabi is the first of its kind in the Middle East and one of the biggest in the world. The Shams 1 facility, which covers 617 acres near Abu Dhabi, is scheduled to connect to the grid before the end of March. Because it is a parabolic trough design, it requires [...]