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 …
Ahura Energy Claims Breakthrough in Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) Read More »
I’m always a bit cheesed off when my Monday morning calls to my business partners reveal that they had more exciting weekends than I did. While I was getting a bit of exercise and catching up on my writing, my …
EVWorld’s Bill Moore Speaks with BYD Chairman Wang Chuanfu Read More »
In light of the vitriol and partisan game-playing in Washington that seems to stall decision making, perhaps a bipartisan group can make an impact on the energy discussion? A think-tank established by former Senate Majority Leaders Howard Baker, Tom Daschle, …
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 …
BrightSource’s Solar Thermal Plant and the Desert Tortoise Read More »
EV buff Dick Schoen argues: “EVs, the 110 models coming into the US from forty or so manufacturers worldwide, cannot successfully commercialize without free public solar charging.” I reply: Dick: Thanks for writing. I have a great deal of respect …
“We’ve run into the same political gridlock and inertia that’s held us back for decades. That has to change,” said President Obama in his speech on March 30th, 2011. He seems to have finally turned his attention to energy, but …
The national hospital community gathered in Phoenix in early April 2011 for the most influential conference on sustainable health care, “CleanMed.” Hospital administrators, clinicians, businesses and organizations servicing the health care community, such as green builders, were in attendance. The …
[The Vector] Clean Energy News from Around the Country: Green Hospitals Read More »
In a phone conversation with my mother just now, we talked about this article in today’s New York Times: a pending project whereby 200,000+ power poles in New Jersey will be outfitted with solar panels. Apparently, residents are dismayed about 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.
