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Why AREVA Thinks Solar and Fossil Fuels Should Work Together
AREVA, the world’s largest provider of nuclear energy and a French majority state-owned company, made waves in early February by announcing its plan to add a “solar booster” to a U.S. fossil fuel plant in Arizona. AREVA Solar Compact Linear Fresnel Reflector (CLFR) assembly By 2013, AREVA expects that the H. Wilson Sundt Generating Station — a coal and natural gas power plant near Tucson, operated by Tucson Electric Power — will derive 5 megawatts of electricity, enough to power 600 homes, from AREVA’s solar steam technology. That technology, officially known as Compact Linear Fresnel Reflector (CLFR), involves placing angled mirrors in the desert to reflect sunlight … Read entire article »
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India Paid $10 Million in Solar Subsidies in 2010
India paid at least 459 million rupees ($10 million) in subsidies to help rural homes and villages install solar-powered lights … Read more »
Solar Can be Part of the Mix – But the Solution Lies Elsewhere
Last year at this time Michigan’s Traverse City Light and Power was pushing hard to build a $30 million wood-burning … Read more »
Name Three Innovations That Make Solar More Affordable
Solar power as we know it has been around for almost a century. Many people believe that its still the … Read more »
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Granite Quarry Gets Solar Garbage Cans
When the sun shines, the garbage will grind.Waste Management has donated a solar-powered trash compactor — the first of its kind in the region — to the town of Granite Quarry in … Read more »
A Setback for China's Solar Industry
As the Chinese ramp up capacity, austerity-minded governments in Europe are scaling down their solar subsidies Last year was a good one for Yingli Green Energy Holding (YGE). The Chinese company makes … Read more »
Solar Powered Parking Meters
Corpus Christi is trying solar-powered, credit-card accepting parking meters. Crews on Tuesday were scheduled to install the first … Read more »
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ESA Renewables Receives Approval on Feasibility Study for 20MW Pennsylvania Solar Project
ESA receives approval from local utility company for its 20MW Claysville, Pennsylvania solar farm Lake Mary, FL., March 22, 2012 – ESA Renewables, (ESA), a leading turnkey solar solutions provider recently received their feasibility study approval from the utility company. “The results of the feasibility study were all positive,”said Jeffrey Burkett, President of ESA Renewables. “There are no potential capacity conditions.” The intent of the feasibility study is to determine a plan, with preliminary cost estimates, to connect the solar PV project to the utility network at the location specified by the interconnection customer. The results of this Feasibility Study show the necessary upgrades to the site as well as the assumption that there will be no environmental impacts associated with this project. “The Claysville solar farm is … Read entire article »
ESA Renewables Receives Approval on Feasibility Study for 20MW Pennsylvania Solar Project
ESA receives approval from local utility company for its 20MW Claysville, Pennsylvania solar farm Lake Mary, FL., March 22, 2012 – ESA Renewables, (ESA), a leading turnkey solar solutions provider recently received their feasibility study approval from the utility company. “The results of the feasibility study were all positive,”said Jeffrey Burkett, President of ESA Renewables. “There are no potential capacity conditions.” The intent of the feasibility study is to determine a plan, with preliminary cost estimates, to connect the solar PV project to the utility network at the location specified by the interconnection customer. The results of this Feasibility Study show the necessary upgrades to the site as well as the assumption that there will be no environmental impacts associated with this project. “The Claysville solar farm is moving … Read entire article »
Solar Energy Could Save Bangor Schools $600K
In a pitch sweetened by government incentives, an alternative energy developer seeking to build a solar array near Bangor says it can save the school district up to $600,000 a year. Bangor Area School District officials said they’ve signed a letter of intent with a Marshalls Creek company to investigate building a $14 million solar panel farm on district property. The same company has proposed an 11-megawatt solar farm to be used by the Stroudsburg School District. In Bangor, a combination of roof-mounted and ground-based panels, the array could stretch across 16 acres and generate 4.7 megawatts of electricity, company representatives said. “I think the opportunity is there,” said Herbert Ortiz, CEO of Solar Energy is Power Inc. In his letter of intent — that does not obligate the school … Read entire article »
Acciona Joins Australian Solar Power Venture After BP Drops Out
Acciona SA (ANA), the Spanish renewable energy company, has joined Pacific Hydro Pty in a venture seeking Australian funds to build the Moree solar farm in New South Wales state after partner BP Plc (BP/) dropped out. Acciona will provide engineering and construction services to the solar-power project, while Pacific Hydro and Fotowatio Renewable Ventures will take up the ownership stake previously held by BP, Melbourne-based Pacific Hydro (PHY) said in an e-mailed statement today. The venture will sign a power-supply accord with Pacific Hydro, which plans to start its own retail energy group, according to the statement. While the partners in the proposed A$923 million ($987 million) solar plant won government funds last year, they failed to sign a power-purchase agreement in time to reach a … Read entire article »









