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Concentrating Solar Power a $200 billion business through 2020

Concentrating Solar Power a $200 billion business through 2020 01 April 2008 - News Source: PVTech Bright Source EnergyGreentech Media and The Prometheus Institute believe that Concentrating Solar Thermal (CST) and Concentrating Photovoltaic (CPV) could become a $200 billion market through 2020. In the last six months plans have been announced for Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) worth in excess of $30 billion, according to the market research partners. "CSP has quickly become one… Continue

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NY Times: The Energy Challenge - Turning Glare Into Watts

The New York Times March 6, 2008 The Energy Challenge - Turning Glare Into Watts By MATTHEW L. WALD BOULDER CITY, Nev. — At first, as he adjusted pumps and checked temperatures, Aaron Boucher looked like any technician in the control room of an electrical plant. Then he rushed to the window and scanned the sky, to check his fuel supply. Mr. Boucher was battling clouds, timing the operations of his power plant to get the most out of patchy sunshine. It is a skill that may soon be in gre… Continue

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Ressurection of Congressional Renewables ITC Bill - call for emails/letters

House Dems are again trying to get long-term ITC passed for renewables.. Bill is HR5351 (Charles Wrangel NY). Passage is virtualy assured in House - but again there will be a struggle in the Senate. Last time cloture vote failed by one vote - Sen Landrau , LA. It is vital that US voters ( and any willing others as well) in our community begin to write and email our Senators ASAP to urge their support. This is espcially true for anyone from Louisianna or from any Republican district , especilall… Continue

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California Approves Feed-In Tariffs for Renewable Energy Systems

The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has approved long-term prices for the state's utilities to buy renewable energy from their customers. For seven of the state's utilities, the so-called "feed-in tariff," approved on February 14, applies to renewable energy systems located at public water and wastewater facilities, but for Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) and Southern California Edison (SCE), a separate feed-in tariff applies to any customer-located renewable energy sys… Continue

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Waiting for politicians?

Waiting for politicians to pass ITC extensions?

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Component of csp plant

hallo, I'm looking for enterprise producing the component for a CSP plant, with Fresnel technology.(mirror, receiver, coating etc..). Can you help me?

Started by Beatrice Gustinetti Apr 29

Flex hoses vs Ball joints
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In parabolic trough solar thermal plants, there are flexible piping connections between individual SCAs, enabling them to move independently. Part of the problem with these connections, is that the... Continue

Tagged: hoses, htf, ball, parabolic, trough

Started by Brad Bergman. Last reply by Mathieu Vandenbulcke Mar 31.

Feed-In Tariffs for European Countries
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Hi everybody, I am researching feed-in tariffs for my master thesis. Is there anybody who can help me finding the tariffs for: Portugal, Spain, France, Italy, Greece? It would also be interesting ... Continue

Started by nad. Last reply by nad Mar 24.