Love or hate the way they do their internet business, Google is definitely into their renewable energy. Over the years I have read some interesting articles about their investment in and installation of energy efficiency or renewable energy technology, and …
From Guest Blogger Brian McGowan: Google Invests in Solar Energy Again Read More »
A reader sent me this article of “high-concentration solar PV thermal” http://dailyfusion.net/2013/04/new-high-concentration-photovoltaic-thermal-system-will-collect-80-of-solar-energy-6391/ and asks: do you believe Concentrated Solar Power or ‘High Concentration Photovoltaic Thermal’ is still 30-40 years away?
Not to say “I told you so,” but for several years I’ve been predicting a steep decline in the levelized cost of energy (LCOE) coming from concentrated solar power (CSP). Now, that prediction is quite definitely coming true. According to …
Concentrated Solar Power Boasts Constantly Improving Levelized Cost of Energy Read More »
Good news for householders: the Government’s Renewable Heat Initiative (RHI) is being extended to residential properties. This means that green homeowners could be paid hundreds of pounds a year for generating heat by solar thermal panels, biomass boilers and heat …
From Guest Blogger Cass: Renewable Heat Initiative to Pump Money into Green Households Read More »
I’ve often written that we’ll see the day when concentrated solar power (CSP, aka solar thermal) sited in Northern Africa will supply an enormous amount of energy – both for the region itself and for Europe to the north. Linked …
Tons of Concentrated Solar Power Headed for Northern Africa Read More »
You have to admire the bravado of an author who would give such a title to an article: Could Concentrating Solar Energy Save Humanity? Normally, a religious extremist is required to pose a question like that. Kidding aside, it’s clear …
Next week I’m headed to the East Coast for a series of meetings, heading north from Washington DC to Philadelphia to Newark (NJ), and finally New York. Where I would love to do all this intercity travel by train, I’ll …
As a set of technologies, solar thermal, aka concentrated solar power (CSP), lags at least a couple of decades behind the more mature industries of wind energy and photovoltaics. That means that we can expect lots of interesting advancements as …
Solar Thermal Towers: One Is Good, Several Is Better Read More »
As I’ve mentioned frequently, I deeply admire CSP Today and the robust way it covers the international breaking news on concentrated solar power, aka solar thermal. I can’t believe it’s been over two years since I had lunch in the …
According to a study conducted by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), concentrated solar power (CSP, aka solar thermal) can make a “significant contribution” to California’s grid-mix, and play a role in the state’s quest to meet its renewable portfolio …
Concentrated Solar Power, Can Play “Significant” Role in California Read More »
