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The Grass is Greener over in MENA
The Middle East and North African Utilities Industry is in a state of growth, global investment has meant that the Middle East is officially on the road to recovery. Investment banks are increasing their spending within the utilities sector. Maintaining the correct balance between supply and demand has meant large scale investment such as the recent $1.8bn going to the SEC (Saudi Electric ...
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Middle East desert solar plan criticised
A plan to turn the desert sunshine of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) into electricity, both for the region and for export to Europe, has been criticised for ignoring the needs of local people and the science community. Critics say that the Desertec Industrial Initiative's (Dii) centralised, top-down approach means that electrification may not benefit the desert people and may stifle ...
By SciDev.Net
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Abengoa Begins Construction on Two CSP Plants Awarded by the South Africa Department of Energy
Abengoa, the international company that applies innovative technology solutions for sustainable development in the energy and environment sectors, announced today that it has begun construction on the 50 MW solar power tower Khi Solar One and the 100 MW parabolic trough plant KaXu Solar One in South Africa. The concentrating solar power (CSP) plants were two of the 28 renewable energy projects ...
By Abengoa
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Beam me up Sunny!
Solar power is for wimps. You'd be forgiven if that was the impression you had, given that it's been the (usually) implicit message coming from the oil and coal industries for decades now. Obviously, they don't want you to know about the real potential for solar energy. You can easily melt steel by concentrating the sun's energy, but... not a lot of people know that! Concentrating Solar Power ...
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Steam from the sun - New spongelike structure converts solar energy into steam
Original story at MIT News The structure — a layer of graphite flakes and an underlying carbon foam — is a porous, insulating material structure that floats on water. When sunlight hits the structure’s surface, it creates a hotspot in the graphite, drawing water up through the material’s pores, where it evaporates as steam. The brighter the light, the more steam is ...
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Ban Ki-moon to Launch UN’s International Year of Sustainable Energy for All at World Future Energy Summit 2012 in Abu Dhabi
His Excellency Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations, will return to the World Future Energy Summit (WFES) 2012 to launch the International Year of Sustainable Energy for All. This will be Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s second consecutive year addressing Heads of State and international delegates at the World Future Energy Summit in Abu ...
By MASDAR
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ECOS reviews proposed `Carbon Farming Initiative`
The CFI aims to enable Australian farmers to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and generate tradeable carbon credits. The agricultural sector accounts for over a quarter of the nation’s total annual greenhouse gas emissions. It also offers significant opportunities for emissions reductions through tree conservation and planting, improved land management, and new technology. Challenges ...
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Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) in India, Market Outlook to 2025 - Capacity, Generation, Regulations and Company Profiles
Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) in India, Market Outlook to 2025 - Capacity, Generation, Regulations and Company Profiles ...
By ReportLinker
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Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) in the US, Market Outlook to 2025 - Capacity, Generation, Regulations and Company Profiles
Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) in the US, Market Outlook to 2025 – Capacity, Generation, Regulations and Company Profiles ...
By ReportLinker
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CSP Today Awards 2010 single out the industry’s finest
Abengoa, ACS Cobra, SkyFuel, Cargo Power & Infrastructure, Foster Wheeler, Abener Teyma, and Schubert & Salzer take the spotlight at CSP Today’s International Industry Awards 2010 in Seville, Spain. By Rikki Stancich CSP Today has been on a mission to flush out the CSP industry leaders of 2010. The winners of the CSP Today International Awards 2010 were announced during this ...
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Morocco unveils massive solar plant
Morocco's King Mohammed VI unveiled one of the world's biggest solar plants Thursday, taking advantage of the Sahara sunshine and a growing global push for renewable energy. The $3.9-billion project in the southern town of Ouarzazate, also known as Noor I, is the first phase of a project expected to provide 1.2 million Moroccans with power. Row after row of solar panels glisten in the sunlight, ...
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DOE Breaks Ground on Concentrating Solar Power Pilot Culminating $100 Million Research Effort
The U.S. Department of Energy celebrated the groundbreaking of its Generation 3 concentrating solar-thermal pilot facility at Sandia National Laboratories. This demonstration is the culmination of a $100 million research effort to develop next-generation concentrating solar-thermal power (CSP) plants and showcase storage technology that could provide one gigawatt of storage for one hour at a ...
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The impacts of large-scale Concentrated Solar Power on the local environment
Construction of Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) plants – electricity generation which concentrates sunlight to generate heat – can have a range of negative effects on wildlife, but these effects are short lived, new research has found. Once in use, CSP plants can even have some positive effects, reducing soil erosion, for instance. CSP uses mirrors or lenses to concentrate sunlight ...
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U.S. Energy Department Announces Achievement of SunShot Goal, New Focus for Solar Energy Office
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recently (9/12) released new research that shows the solar industry has achieved the 2020 utility-scale solar cost target set by the SunShot Initiative. Largely due to rapid cost declines in solar photovoltaic (PV) hardware, the average price of utility-scale solar is now 6 cents per kilowatt-hour (kWh). Given this success, DOE is looking beyond SunShot's ...
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NREL Researchers Measure Impact of Eclipse on Electrical Grid
During last summer’s total eclipse, solar energy output in the West dropped by about 5.9 gigawatts (GW) according to new analysis from the Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). The August 21, 2017, solar eclipse cast a shadow from Oregon to South Carolina, completely concealing the sun along a 70-mile-wide path and causing the rest of the continent to ...
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Thermax Limited Partners with Amonix Inc.
Thermax Limited and Amonix, Inc. today announced an agreement that will bring proven, concentrated photovoltaic (CPV) technology for clean power generation to India. In this exclusive partnership, Amonix will offer high-performance solar power generation systems and Thermax will be the Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) partner to provide turnkey ...
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Renewables Acadermy - RENAC: Summer School 2013 and Announcements
International Summer School Renewable Energy Use the late summer to get a crash course in renewable energies or develop your engineering skills for photovoltaics, wind power or bioenergy in RENAC's Summer School. You will have the opportunity to study in a team with professionals from many different countries while broadening your renewable energy know-how. A blend of classroom lessons, ...
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Solar Thermal Power Market to 2020 - Asia-Pacific Continues to See Increased Investments While Effective FITs in the Middle East and Africa Create Lucrative Solar Power Destinations
Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Solar Thermal Power Market to 2020 - Asia-Pacific Continues to See Increased Investments While Effective FITs in the Middle East and Africa Create Lucrative Solar Power Destinations ...
By ReportLinker
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