Recently, my good friend and long-time 2GreenEnergy supporter Tom Konrad introduced me to his colleague Shawn Kravetz, founder of Esplanade Capital, a hedge fund that’s been “focused” on the solar energy market (pardon the pun) since 2006. When I met …
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I don’t track every political decision around the world with respect to renewables, but here’s an event that I guess I should have seen coming: the reduction in beneficial feed-in tariffs for concentrated solar power (CSP, aka solar thermal) coming …
Here’s an article that suggests that concentrated solar power (aka solar thermal) may be on its way to greatness in Africa, and discusses the path by which CSP can achieve that stature. In terms of renewables generally, the author points …
Here’s a short video that presents a shiny new CSP (concentrated solar power, aka solar thermal) plant in Abu Dhabi. This 100 MW installation cost $600 million, not exactly cheap. But CSP is a relatively new concept that hasn’t had …
I keep an eye out for articles like this that talk about concentrated solar power (CSP –aka solar thermal) and the use of energy storage to make that power dispatchable. Normally, they contemplate molten salt, as the cost of storing …
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A friend of mine who had made some energy-related suggestions to President Obama just received a very thoughtful and well-written note in response, talking up the “all-of-the-above” strategy. I respond: That’s great. From here, I’d like to see some real …
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I just had a chat with Sara Chiguer, a terrific young lady in Morocco. Sara is involved in a great number of “green” activities, including her support of some advocacy groups that are extremely active in bringing about a sustainable …
Here’s an article on the use of natural gas mated with concentrated solar power (CSP). The central issue facing CSP is achieving temperatures high enough to minimize thermodynamic heat losses, and, for most configurations, that means coupling the troughs and …
It was great to be in San Francisco for another extremely successful meeting of the Renewable Energy Finance Forum, an occasion that gave me the opportunity to chat with Dennis McGinn (holding the book in the photo to the left). Dennis …
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As presented here, I’m glad to see the Saudis implementing CSP (concentrated solar power) as a significant portion of their energy plans. It looks like MIT and Siemens have crafted a “hybrid” of CSP and fossil fuels, to create higher …
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