When I wrote Renewable Energy–Facts and Fantasies in 2010, solar thermal (aka concentrated solar power or CSP) was a big deal, largely because of the way it readily lent itself to solving the intermittency issue via energy storage as heat, …
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Is Trump a Wrecking Ball for Renewable Energy?
In response to my post of Will Renewable Energy Survive Trump? Gary Tulie writes: My guess is that solar PV deployment will barely slow down through 2018 and 2019 before accelerating through 2020-2021.
In All Things, There Comes a Time When the Winner Wins and the Loser Loses
Those of us who subscribe to Dictionary.com’s “Word of the Day” know that some words seem to call out to us to make them part of our working vocabularies, while others are of passing interest, at best. Today, for instance, …
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Might Solar Thermal Energy Succeed After All?
When we kicked off 2GreenEnergy in the summer of 2009, I (wrongly) predicted that solar thermal, aka concentrated solar power (CSP) would soon come to dominate the field of renewable energy, largely because of the way it lends itself to …
From Guest Blogger Jayde Ferguson: Six Realistic Ways to Make Your Home Build More Sustainable
Sustainable building is more than just a ‘buzzword’ these days. What was once a trend has now moved to a necessity; with more people every day thinking green. Sustainability starts with simplifying your life; minimising what you use, maximising what …
Solar Power International Is a Learning Experience
Terrific day at the Solar Power International (SPI) show yesterday. I had the opportunity to take in a 30-minute presentation by an extremely senior analyst at Bloomberg, though it really wasn’t particularly good news for distributed solar. The over-supply midday …
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New Solar Thermal Farm Boasts Enormous Scale
As we sit here in mid-2016, there are two camps in the overall migration to renewable energy: those who say it can’t be done, and those in the process of doing it. Here’s an article about a team that operates …
Solar Energy in the Sahara Desert
From my feed on Quora.com, where I’ve volunteered to answer questions about renewable energy, a reader asks: Why don’t/can’t we put solar panels in the Sahara Desert as a source of electricity? This is a strong ideal generally, since the …
Opportunities in Small Wind?
Certain technologies become unfeasible below a certain scale. Concentrated solar power is one. Yes, you can take a solar cooker on a backpacking trip, but you certainly can’t set up a CSP plant on the roof of your house that …
Spanish Energy Giant Abengoa Still Super-Active in Concentrated Solar Power
I had a terrific discussion with a spokesperson for Abengoa at the Solar Power International show yesterday, from which I walked away quite pleased to learn that CSP (aka solar thermal) is still very much alive and kicking. Abengoa’s approach …
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