My drive up to the Bay Area yesterday included a meeting with Ahura Energy CEO Fareed Sfard in the quaint town of Saratoga. But what once was originally a sleepy stagecoach stop is now the home to a company that …
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Oakland, CA-based BrightSource will soon be raising $250 million in an IPO to complete a 393-megawatt solar thermal project in the Mojave Desert. The project is under attack, however, as the land involved in the deal is home to the …
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I had a wonderful chance encounter the other day with Melinda Keller, a professor of engineering at California Polytechnic at the Santa Barbara Summit on Energy Efficiency. It seems that she specializes in CSP (concentrated solar power) – and is …
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VY4p4x34Br4] In this segment of the 2GreenEnergy Video Report, I cover concentrated solar power (CSP), aka solar thermal. It appears that one of our clients has made a real breakthrough in lowering costs and improving efficiencies.
I’m in New York City for a few days, and I’ve scheduled my lunch today with Belen Gallego, the Director of CSP Today (Concentrated Solar Power, aka solar thermal). When I interviewed Belen for my “Clean Energy Radio” show a …
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This morning, I recorded next week’s Clean Energy Radio segment for WebTalkRadio, in which I interviewed Belén Gallego, director of CSP Today. With offices in London and Hoboken NJ, CSP Today provides comprehensive, cutting-edge information online and through trade shows …
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I got a great deal of really good feedback on some of my previous posts about biomimicry, especially this one on Janine Benyus. So let me suggest another talk I know you’ll enjoy. Here, Michael Pawlyn explains how we can …
Michael Pawlyn on Biomimicry and Concentrated Solar Power Read More »
Every chance I get, I bang the drum for solar thermal. When I’m asked where the energy industry will be in 50 years, I always point out that our dependence on fossil fuels is not sustainable, that the sun showers …
If you check out this little press release on Skyfuel’s new 50-megawatt parabolic trough solar thermal plant 400 kilometers east of Beijing, you’ll see why I favor this technology (concentrating solar power/CSP) as the future of clean energy. The company …
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I just had a very interesting conversation on one of my favorite topics: solar thermal, or concentrating solar power (CSP). I came across Ahura Energy of Campbell, CA on the fantastic online resource OnGreen.com, and spoke with Dr. Fareed Sfard, …
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