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 »
On Sunday afternoons, I like to take a decent hike, say 7 or 8 miles, and wind up at a nice place where I can get a beer, shake a few hands, and discuss what’s going on in the world. …
Discussing Solar Thermal (aka Concentrated Solar Power, or CSP) in Quaint Los Olivos, CA Read More »
When we generate energy from renewable sources, we normally contemplate putting it on the grid. But then the issue arises: What about intermittency, and the need to back it up with dispatchable sources? People often forget that distributed generation does …
Distributed Generation and the Intermittency of Renewable Energy Read More »
I check out several sources for the global energy news every morning, including one, aptly titled, The Global Energy Report, and I’m always gratified to see concentrated solar power (CSP) making its way to the front of the conversation. This …
Concentrated Solar Power Gaining Ground in the Middle East Read More »
