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Ivanpah, a similar plant by BrightSource
The California Energy Commission staff has released its preliminary analysis of the proposed Palen Solar Electric Generating System project. In the...
11 July 2013
BrightSource withdraws Rio Mesa CSP project definitely
Six months after the notice to suspend the project, BrightSource Energy has sent a brief "Notice of Withdrawal of Application of Certification" dated...
04 July 2013
SunCatcher
The once planned as the largest Dish-Stirling concentrated solar power plant in the world has been canceled by its current promoter K Road Power...
23 June 2013
Low-cost policy solutions that can reduce risk, promote investment, and drive innovation in the CSP industry
The Center for American Progress (CAP) has released a report titled "Fulfilling the Promise of Concentrating Solar Power" where the institution "...
16 June 2013
Infinia Tooele Dish-Stirling plant
Infinia Corporation has announced it has begun commissioning the first of seven commercial-scale PowerDish™ installments currently underway at the...
12 June 2013
In a document filed with the California Energy Commission (CEC), Beacon Solar, a fully owned subsidiary of NextEra Energy Resources, requests that...
12 June 2013
John Woolard, former CEO of BrightSource Energy
John Woolard is leaving the CEO position at BrightSource Energy after leading the company for seven years. Woolard will remain as member of the Board...
07 June 2013
Artist rendering of propposed Quartzsite CSP plant by SolarReserve
Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell has announced the approval of three major renewable energy projects including the SolarReserve's 100 MW...
04 June 2013
The US Department of Energy has awarded $149,900 for a research that will study the differential data from retrofitting a concentrated solar thermal...
03 June 2013
Ivanpah CSP plant - BrightSource
The moment that many of us can hardly wait to see, the solar receiver located at the top of Ivanpah's towers shining and sparkling is about to come....
23 May 2013

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