World solar expert to shine light in Australia
Monday, 18 February 2013 REMDr. Manuel J Blanco has joined CSIRO as Director of the Australian Solar thermal Research Initiative (ASTRI).
Australia's CSIRO to lead Solar thermal research initiative
Monday, 18 February 2013 Dan McCue Australia's CSIRO is partnering with six Australian universities and the United States’ Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Sandia National Laboratories and Arizona...
Australia
Australian wind power now cheaper than coal and gas
Tuesday, 12 February 2013 Robin WhitlockNew research from Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) has found that unsubsidised renewable energy is now cheaper in Australia than electricity from coal and gas
Renewable energy brings power to the rural corners of Argentina
Friday, 08 February 2013 REM Cooking, heating water, or the house during winter, reading, listening to the radio, charging your phone, using the computer, watching TV -- most people take these activities for granted in the 21st c...
SolarReserve project receives unanimous approval from California Public Utilities
Tuesday, 29 January 2013 REM SolarReserve, a US-based. developer of large-scale solar power projects, has received unanimous approval from the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) to sell power from its 150 MW solar proj...
Principal Solar white paper compares role for CSP and PV in green marketplace
Friday, 21 December 2012 REM Principal Solar, Inc. has released a new white paper, “Technological Niches: Concentrated Solar thermal vs. Photovoltaic Solar,” comparing concentrated Solar thermal (CST) and photovoltaic (PV) so...
Brightsource, Alstom partnership to build 121 MW Solar thermal plant in Israel
Tuesday, 11 December 2012 Dan McCueMegalim Solar Power Ltd., a special purpose company formed by BrightSource Energy and Alstom, will soon begin construction of a 121 MW Solar thermal power plant in Israel.
Consortium pulls plug on $1.2 billion Solar thermal project
Monday, 12 November 2012 Dan McCue The Solar Dawn Consortium has announced it is giving up on plans to develop a $1.2 billion Solar thermal project in Southwest Queensland, Australia, which would have been the nation's largest solar en...
India
Highlights of the Tamil Nadu Solar Energy Policy 2012
Friday, 26 October 2012 Ritesh PothanOur resident expert on all things solar in India provide us with his thoughts on the Tamil Nadu Solar Energy Policy.
NRG Expert reviews renewable energy growth in the US
Friday, 26 October 2012 Robin Whitlock NRG Expert have analysed their Power Generation Database in order to ascertain whether or not President Obama’s target of 10 percent of US electricity from renewable sources by 2012 has been achieve...