[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.
Tag: Solar Thermal
Earth Day Lunch with Belen Gallego, Director of CSP Today
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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CSP Today Director Discusses Solar Thermal on Clean Energy Radio
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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Michael Pawlyn on Biomimicry and Concentrated Solar Power
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 …
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A Few Basics on Solar Thermal
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 …
[The Vector] Sahara Could Export Electricity to Europe in 5 Years
DESERTEC, a $496 billion project to generate solar electricity in the Sahara Desert could be exporting electricity to Europe in five years, according to European Energy Commissioner Guenther Oettinger, following a meeting with energy ministers from Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia, …
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[The Vector] $1.45 Billion in Financing for Abengoa Solar
Abengoa Solar announced recently that it has finalized $1.45 billion in financing to build the world’s largest parabolic trough concentrating solar power plant. Called Solana, the new project will be located about 70 miles southwest of Phoenix, Arizona. Abengoa signed …
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Electric Power Transmission — Technology in Flux
We hear a great deal about partisan bickering in Washington, but according to a webinar I attended this morning on power transmission, the governors of each state on the eastern seaboard of the US from Maine to Virginia are all …
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Guest Post from Wayne Mackey: A Case for Solar Photovoltaics Today
Systems can last for 40 or more years. By going solar, you can lock in your current and future energy costs in at today’s lower rates. The first crude modern solar photovoltaic Solar cells were created in the Bell Telephone …
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[The Vector] World Future Energy Summit January 17-20th, 2011
The exciting World Future Energy Summit (WFES) opens January 17th and continues through January 20th in Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates. WFES is one of the few international events that brings together policy makers, government leaders, private industry, the …
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