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This feed contains SOLAR THERMAL news articles selected by the Prometheus staff.
New solar thermal plant buoys Spanish investors
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's Industry Minister Miguel Sebastian buoyed hopes in the country's solar power industry on Monday just days after announcing a dramatic cut in...
Sopogy thinks small to make megawatts of solar power
If giant solar thermal power plants spread across the desert are like a mainframe, Sopogy is making the equivalent of a personal computer. Leave a Comment Leave a Comment Posted by: Iria Full Story:...
Sopogy thinks small to make megawatts of solar power - CNET News
If giant solar thermal power plants spread across the desert are like a mainframe, Sopogy is making the equivalent of a personal...
Solar thermal technology heats up
SAN FRANCISCO Solar thermal technology that attempts to harness the efficient phase change from water to steam is emerging as the preferred alternative energy technology in the race to replace fossil fuels with sustainable energy...
The push for solar thermal
Abengoa exec makes the case for solar At the Intersolar Conference 2008 in San Franicisco, Fred Morse, senior advisor at Abengoa Solar says, 'Don't underestimate thermal...
Ausra has sunny future in Australia - Sydney Morning Herald
Ausra has sunny future in Australia Sydney Morning Herald, Australia - 3 hours ago Ausra, Inc - the designer, manufacturer and developer of solar thermal technology for utility-scale solar power and steam applications - has opened an .
BrightSource snags $115M for solar thermal projects
BrightSource Energy, the Oakland, Calif., solar thermal startup, has landed a hefty $115 million funding round to continue developing its solar power tower...
SolarReserve Hires Top Energy and Technology Expert
LOS ANGELES - (Business Wire) SolarReserve, the Los Angeles-based solar thermal power company, has announced the hiring of Tom Georgis as Vice President of...
United States: SkyFuel receives USD17 Million to continue Solar Thermal Development
SkyFuel, Inc. has closed USD17 million of Series B equity financing from investors led by Leaf Clean Energy Company, a publicly traded USD400 million clean energy company advised by Energy & Climate Advisors, a joint venture between...
Inventor, Engineering Students Explore New Type Of Solar Collectors
The energy in this case involves a team of students led by chemical engineering associate professor Dr. Kevin Dahm working with a local inventor to advance a new solar thermal collector the inventor...
Pros & Cons: Distributed Rooftop Solar vs. Desert Solar Thermal [Earth2Tech]
Utilities plan to use solar power from both the massive solar plants that are being built in the California Mojave desert, as well as large scale distributed rooftop solar projects, like the one Southern California Edison is...
Huge solar power project in Kern County moves forward - Central Valley Business Times
Huge solar power project in Kern County moves forward Central Valley Business Times, CA - 47 minutes ago The California Energy Commission has accepted an application to build a 250-megawatt solar thermal generating complex in Kern County...
eSolar Announces Pre-Fabricated Solar Power Plants
eSolar Inc. announced that it has closed $130 million in funding from Idealab, Google.org, Oak Investment Partners, and other investors for the construction and deployment of pre-fabricated power...
FPL Group Announces Strong First Quarter Earnings for 2008
- FPL Group, Inc. (NYSE:FPL): NOTE TO EDITORS: This news release reflects the earnings report of FPL Group, Inc. Reference to the corporation and its earnings or financial results should be to 'FPL Group' and not abbreviated using the name...
NASA Tests HYTHIRM at Sandia's Solar Tower
SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES, NNSA, SOLAR TOWER Contact Information Available for logged-in reporters only Description NASA has once again turned to Sandiaâ s National Solar Thermal Test Facility â aka the Solar Tower â to help...
United States: World's 13 Biggest Solar Thermal Projects
Solar thermal energy plants focus the glare of the Suns rays on a central location to create heat, which is then turned into electricity. Various methods exist to concentrate the solar radiation, including parabolic troughs, power towers...
United States: Google, others provide $130M to eSolar
The solar thermal company eSolar Inc. said Monday it received $130 million in funding from investors that include Google Inc.'s philanthropy unit. Pasadena-based eSolar said funding came from Mountain View-based Google's (NASDAQ: GOOG)...
United States: Stirling engines meet solar power in the desert
An almost two-century old engine technology, paired up with even older solar thermal, pulls in $100 million in financing. Phoenix-based Stirling Energy Systems has received its first big round of funding, putting the concentrating solar...
Linamar Corporation: Linamar Announces Contract in Solar Energy Sector
- Linamar Corporation (TSX:LNR) is pleased to announce the signing of a Letter of Intent with Stirling Energy Systems ('SES') to develop and produce Power Conversion Units (PCU) for use with SES's Sun Catcher solar dish system.
Leaf Clean Energy completes $17 mln investment in SkyFuel
LONDON (Thomson Financial) - AIM-listed Leaf Clean Energy Co., which invests in North American clean energy companies and projects, said it has completed a $17 million series B preferred stock financing in SkyFuel Inc.