Bechtel was one of my favorite clients, back in the day when I was a marketing consultant for the large tech companies. That’s why I’m happy to see their participation in solar thermal; as discussed here, they’re building a $2.2 …
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Concentrated Solar Power — Opportunities Flourishing?
Here’s part of an invitation to one of the most important annual conferences on CSP (concentrated solar power, aka solar thermal): Whilst Spain has been a strong driving force for the CSP industry worldwide with more than 20 years’ experience …
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Competing Technologies in Concentrated Solar Power
Here’s an article that compares the two main competing technologies in concentrated solar power (CSP): linear Fresnel lenses vs. parabolic troughs. The main issue, of course, is the cost of the reflectors themselves, as well as the apparatus whereby they …
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22 Clean Energy Business Plans for Your Consideration
The list of clean energy business plans I support has reached 22 items in length – an all-time record. Each of these, in my estimation, represents a real breakthrough that clearly has the potential to make a huge impact on …
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SolarReserve — Leader in Solar Thermal
I just met the CFO of SolarReserve, one of the top players in CSP (concentrated solar power, aka solar thermal). This hasn’t been a good couple of years for CSP; it’s been a time in which the price of both natural …
Clean Energy Meetings on Both Coasts
Tomorrow night marks the start of a trip out of town for me. I’ll be headed to San Francisco for a couple of meetings, including coffee with my friend Fareed Sfard, CEO of solar thermal start-up Ahura Energy. Then it’s …
Solar Thermal Deserves Our Support
Here’s a good article on a recently completed solar thermal tower (aka concentrated solar power or CSP) in the desert between Las Vegas and Reno, NV. The thing to like about solar thermal, as we’ve often discussed here, is that …
Solar Thermal Comes To Namibia
Here’s an interview with 2GreenEnergy Associate Agostinho Miguel Garcia, who’s working on a very interesting solar thermal (concentrated solar power / CSP) project in Namibia – a country whose conditions are perfect for CSP. Agostinho’s headquartered in Lisbon, but works …
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How Much Solar Thermal Would Be Required to Provide 100% of Our Energy Needs?
I’ve often written about how astonishingly little of the Earth’s surface needs to be covered in a solar collecting technology, e.g., solar thermal, in order to provide 100% of the world’s energy needs. Linked above is a wonderful graphic that …
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Infographic on Solar Energy
Here’s another in our ongoing series of infographics, designed to offer young people and clean energy newcomers an accessible introduction to the subject. Here, we provide an objective look at the “pros and cons” of solar. While we advocate in …
